Kertész is known particularly for his photographs of Paris taken in the 1920s, though samples of his work in Budapest, his original home, remain. His work is humanistic; it reflects human warmth and affection and feelings that encourage a kind of romanticism not only about location, but about the people of those locations. Simultaneously, these photographs act journalistically; they document and make visible mundane scenes about the place and its residents. The light source and choice of subject both act to create and alter visibility–the shadowed man is the focus as much as the street he walks on.
-Svetlana Zwetkof