Eyewitness: Hungarian Photography in the 20th Century

[lynnb]

UK RFFers are in for a treat by the look of this new exhibition or approximately 200 images at London's Royal Academy of Arts
http://www.royalacademy.org.uk/exhibitions/hungarian-photography/

From The Guardian's review http://www.guardian.co.uk/artanddesign/2011/jul/03/eyewitness-hungarian-photography-20th-review:
Eyewitness, the Royal Academy's first foray into photography in almost a generation, turns out to have been worth the wait. The show is a revelation from beginning to end. It presents nothing less than the dark and convulsive story of Hungary during the 20th century as experienced by its citizens, and viewed by its artists, who happen to include five of the world's greatest photographers – Brassaï, Capa, Kertész, Moholy-Nagy and Munkácsi.

 

[lynnb]

The catalogue might be worth getting - from teh Royal Academy site:

"The birth of modern photography - Brassai, Capa, Kertesz, Moholy-Nagy and Munkasci radically changed the face of photojournalism and art photography between the two world wars. This stunning book examines the way in which these five photographers established Hungary as the centre of art photography at the time and the influence they have had on succeeding generations of photographers. Illustrated with all of their major works and with essays by leading authorities in the field this book is a landmark in the study of modern photography.
The catalogue is 28x24cm, 248 pages with approx 200 illustrations."

RA bookshop link http://www.royalacademy.org.uk/ra-p...photography-1164/product.html?LproductId=1164

Amazon link http://www.amazon.com/Eyewitness-Hu...176X/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1309870147&sr=8-1

Bookdepository link http://www.bookdepository.co.uk/Eyewitness-Peter-Baki/9781905711765

 

[RobVinc]

I do not want to hi-jack this thread but I can recommend a exibiton at the other side of the world with a simliar topic:
The Tokyo metropolitan Museum of Photography is currently showing

"Invasion 68: Prague
Josef Koudelka"

http://syabi.com/e/contents/exhibition/index-1354.html

Very impressive pictures