Peignoir in a Soft Breeze 1936
Martin Munkácsi was the master of movement, along with Lartigue he is my favourite photographer, his pictures are full of life and personality, you can hear the surf, feel the breeze and sense the atmosphere, in short, he had the gift of capturing the moment. It is no wonder that his work influenced Henri Cartier-Bresson and Richard Avedon. He was a photographic genius.
Harpers Bazaar Halston 1962
The Bedouin Egypt 1929
Richard Avedon Homage to Munkácsi 1957
Boys Running into the Surf at Lake Tanganynika 1930. This was the photograph that so influenced Henri Cartier-Bresson
"The only thing which completely was an amazement to me and brought me to photography was the work of Munkacsi. When I saw the photograph of Munkacsi of the black kids running in a wave I couldn't believe such a thing could be caught with the camera. I said damn it, I took my camera and went out into the street."
Henri Cartier-Bresson
"The only thing which completely was an amazement to me and brought me to photography was the work of Munkacsi. When I saw the photograph of Munkacsi of the black kids running in a wave I couldn't believe such a thing could be caught with the camera. I said damn it, I took my camera and went out into the street."
Henri Cartier-Bresson
Jumping Fox Terrier 1930
Parasols 1928
Fred Astaire on his Toes 1936
Lovely Autumn the Last Warm Days of Sunshine 1929
Carol Lombard 1937
Europe 1928
Katherine Hepburn 1935
Woman Sunbathing 1935
1933
Dancers in Seville 1930
I find it heartbreaking that this great artist died in poverty... His full story can be found here.
