Andre Kertesz

  Although I really enjoyed Laszlo Moholy-Nagy's and Man Ray's work, I found Andre Kertesz to have an overall greater appeal. I found all of his photos to be lovely on some level. He seems to capture humanity in a way that tells a story. He reminds me of what it means to be alive. What a beautiful experience life is and how intriguing people are. He is also very creative and I find magic and life in his photos. His photos are alive. They are memories and youth made immortal by the lens. People and places, frozen in time. In a time where there was momentum and high energy. I think of lives as flames that burn brightly, but burn out over time. In some ways his work is uplifting, but it is also heartbreaking because these moments and some of the people in these photos, have been lost with the passing of time and we are left with the ghosts of what they once were.