Eyewitness: Hungarian Photography in the Twentieth Century

Brassai, Capa, Kertész, Moholy-Nagy and Munkácsi revolutionised photojournalism and art photography in the first half of the twentieth century. This handsome book examines how these five men, all of whom left their native country to work in Europe and america, established Hungary - that cultural and geographical intersection between east and west - as a crucible of photography, and exlpores the influence of their vision and originality on succeding generations of photographers. Illustrated with their major works and a number by their contemporaries - in many cases using vintage prints from Hungarian collections - Eyewitness is a landmark publication in the study of modern phography.