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L-R: Martin Munkácsi, 'Four Boys at Lake Tanganyika', c.1930. Silver gelatin print, 1994, from original negative. 35.5 x 27.5 cm, Hungarian Museum of Photography, Kecskemét. © Estate of Martin Munkácsi, Courtesy Howard Greenberg Gallery, New York.
Rudolf Balogh, 'Shepard with His Dogs', c. 1930. Vintage silver gelatin print, 18 x 29 cm. Hungarian Museum of Photography, Kecskemét. © Hungarian Museum of Photography.
Martin Munkácsi, 'Nude', 1935. Silver gelatin print, 1994, from original negative. 27.7 x 35.5 cm. Hungarian Museum of Photography, Kecskemét. © Estate of Martin Munkácsi, Courtesy Howard Greenberg Gallery, New York
30 June—2 October 2011
In The Sackler Wing of Galleries, Burlington House
Brassaï, Robert Capa, André Kertész, László Moholy-Nagy and Martin Munkácsi each left Hungary to make their names in Germany, France and the USA, and are now known for the profound changes they brought about in photojournalism, as well as abstract, fashion and art photography.
Others, such as Károly Escher, Rudolf Balogh and Jószef Pécsi remained in Hungary producing high-quality and innovatory photography. These photographs ranging in date from c.1914–c.1989 explore stylistic developments in photography and chart key historical events. These striking images reveal the achievements of Hungarian photographers who left such an enduring legacy to international photography.
Exhibition organised by the Royal Academy of Arts on the occasion of the Hungarian Presidency of the EU 2011.
