martin gropius bau
Martin Munkácsi. Budapest - Berlin - New York
Retrospective of the Great Photographer
Venue: Martin-Gropius-Bau
5 August - 6 November 2006
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Organizer
Berliner Festspiele. An exhibition of the Deichtorhallen Hamburg/
Haus der Photographie with friendly support of Joan Munkacsi
and ullstein bild
Curators
F.C.Gundlach, Enno Kaufhold, Klaus Honnef
Berlin sponsor: Hauptstadtkulturfonds
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He was the best-paid star photographer of his time. Budapest, Berlin and New York were the stages on his road to success. He photographed athletes and dancers in action, freed fashion photography from the confines of the studio, and set the static medium of photography in motion. Martin Munkácsi (1896-1963) is regarded as the most important pioneer of modern photojournalism. The evolution of the medium and changes in taste caused him soon to fall into oblivion. The Grand Retrospective in the Martin-Gropius-Bau entitled “Martin Munkácsi - Photographs” now restores to this son of Hungary his unique position in the history of photography.
The exhibition shows more than 350 photographs from the years 1923 to 1963, including 300 original prints. Many photos were never republished after their first appearance in newspapers and magazines and are therefore almost unknown today. The search lasted for years.
Major American museums refused the donation of the Munkácsi archive after his death in 1963. His pictures and negatives were scattered all over the world, and a large part of the work he left behind was lost. Only the Ullstein Archive in Berlin and the F.C. Gundlach Collection in Hamburg still possess complete portfolios of his life’s work from the Hungarian, German and American phases.
Retrospective of the Great Photographer
Venue: Martin-Gropius-Bau
5 August - 6 November 2006
link
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Organizer
Berliner Festspiele. An exhibition of the Deichtorhallen Hamburg/
Haus der Photographie with friendly support of Joan Munkacsi
and ullstein bild
Curators
F.C.Gundlach, Enno Kaufhold, Klaus Honnef
Berlin sponsor: Hauptstadtkulturfonds
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He was the best-paid star photographer of his time. Budapest, Berlin and New York were the stages on his road to success. He photographed athletes and dancers in action, freed fashion photography from the confines of the studio, and set the static medium of photography in motion. Martin Munkácsi (1896-1963) is regarded as the most important pioneer of modern photojournalism. The evolution of the medium and changes in taste caused him soon to fall into oblivion. The Grand Retrospective in the Martin-Gropius-Bau entitled “Martin Munkácsi - Photographs” now restores to this son of Hungary his unique position in the history of photography.
The exhibition shows more than 350 photographs from the years 1923 to 1963, including 300 original prints. Many photos were never republished after their first appearance in newspapers and magazines and are therefore almost unknown today. The search lasted for years.
Major American museums refused the donation of the Munkácsi archive after his death in 1963. His pictures and negatives were scattered all over the world, and a large part of the work he left behind was lost. Only the Ullstein Archive in Berlin and the F.C. Gundlach Collection in Hamburg still possess complete portfolios of his life’s work from the Hungarian, German and American phases.