Martin Munkacsi exhibit in Budapest
Munkácsi Martin was a pioneer of photojournalism, who paved the way for one of the most important visual cultures of our time. His biography reads like a Hollywood story, of the American dream come true. Born in Hungary in 1896, he was a huge success in Germany and the United States in the 30´s and 40´s, becoming the highest-paid photographer of his time.
He started as a sports event photographer, then worked with the legendary Lazlo Moholy-Nagy for such renowned German magazines as Uhu, Koralle and Die Dame. But like many artists, intellectuals and geniuses of his time, he fled to the U.S. when the Nazi party took power in Germany in the 30s, and was sponsored by Harpers Bazaar magazine in New York.
Here his work began to revolutionize the field of fashion photography. He emphasized composition and editing of images. Mythical figures of cinema and public life such as Katherine Hepburn, Leslie Howard, Fred Astaire and the iconic Marlene Dietrich posed in front of his lens. However, with the rapid transformation of the medium after the 40s and a major shift in aesthetic patterns, magazines gradually began to lose interest in his work, until finally the star photographer fell into oblivion.
The exhibition “Martin Munkácsi: Think while you shoot” which opened on October 7th at the Ludwig Museum in Budapest, after passing through Hamburg, Berlin, New York, San Francisco and Moscow, rescues the groundbreaking work of the photographer from obscurity, to commemorate the great achievements that he contributed to photojournalism.
Heloise Battista
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Translated by: salome antigone
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