Exhibition "Imre Kinsky. Fragments" Automatic translate

Continuing the Days of Hungarian Culture in Russia, the Gallery of Classical Photography opens an exhibition of the works of Hungarian photography classic Imre Kinsky, who died during the Holocaust.

Imre Kinski (1901-1945) is one of the largest representatives of the Hungarian photographic school. His name is on a par with Brassai, Robert Capa, Andre Certez and Laszlo Mohoy Nadim.

Experts call Kinsky "the leader of the new Hungarian photography." His innovative approach is visible in urban and genre photographs, in landscapes and macro shots. It does not consist in choosing themes, but in a fresh “language of forms” - a skillful composition of objects, street paintings and everyday scenes, a play of light and shadow and a photographer’s special love for a “window perspective”.

The main theme of Kinski’s photographs is Budapest of the 30s of the last century. These photographs give an idea of ​​the modernist techniques of the master, of his love for unexpected visual metaphors and contrasts of light and shadow. In macro shots and landscape photos, Kinsky’s fascination with modern science is visible. To obtain macro shots, he himself developed a special Kinsect photo enlarger. Kinsky’s photos were published by the largest foreign publications - American Photography and Popular Photography.

“An amateur photographer Kinsky, unburdened by the daily routine of professionals, could easily convey the fascinating and lyrical sides of reality. Kinski was looking for beautiful light, mysterious city landscapes shrouded in fog, depicted the everyday life of people on the streets of Budapest of the 20-30s of the last century. He conveys it so subtly and skillfully that it seems that we are standing next to the photographer and becoming a part of that reality, ”said Andras Fekete, a Hungarian photographer who is well-known in Russia, winner of the Press Photo Russia contest.

Imre Kinsky was born on March 10, 1901 in Budapest. He received his first camera as a gift from his wife on the occasion of the birth of their first child. In 1921, due to the introduction of anti-Jewish laws, Kinsky was forced to leave his studies at the university. In 1937, he created the Modern Hungarian Photographers Group with two other photographers. In 1938, Kinsky was fired from the civil service. Since 1944, he was regularly called up to the Jewish labor detachments. In 1945, the photographer died during the "death march" in the Sachsenhausen camp. His son, barely coming of age, was shot in Buchenwald. Wife and daughter survived the Holocaust in the Jewish ghetto in Budapest, miraculously preserving the box with the negatives of the master.

Exhibition “Imre Kinsky. Fragments ”- part of the prints from those surviving negatives. In this project, more than 40 black and white works will tell about Budapest in the 30s of the XX century. Most of the photographs are exhibited in Russia for the first time.

The opening of the exhibition will take place on December 2 at 19:00. The opening will be attended by the daughter of the photographer Judit Kinski, Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of Hungary to Russia Janos Balla, the famous Hungarian photographer Andras Fekete.

The exhibition is supported by the Hungarian Cultural Center in Moscow. As part of the exhibition, master classes by photographer Andras Fekete are planned.