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Andre Kertesz is one of the figures who shaped modern photography. From the First World War onwards, his independent spirit led him to practice an art based on spontaneity and sincerity, seeking out the chance moments that "capture the true nature of things." Tender, nostalgic, modest, he forged a new path for photography, a kind of poetic realism that was neither forced nor showy. "I never document," he said. "I give my own interpretation."

Hungarian-born AndrA(c) KertA(c)sz (1894-1985) was one of the most influential and popular photographers of the twentieth century. This volume presents for the first time selections from the Getty Museum's holdings of KertA(c)sz's photographs, including work from his Budapest, Paris, and New York periods. The book also offers an intimate look at KertA(c)sz through a dialogue among four of the people who knew the artist best during the last years of his life: Robert Gurbo, Curator of New York's AndrA(c) and Elizabeth KertA(c)sz Foundation; David Travis, Curator of Photography at the Art...