Throughout most of his career Kertész was depicted as the "unknown soldier" who worked behind the scenes of photography, yet was rarely cited for his work, even into his death in the 1980s. Kertész thought himself unrecognised throughout his life, despite spending his life in the eternal search for acceptance and fame. Though Kertész received numerous awards for photography, he never felt both his style and work was accepted by critics and art audiences alike. Although, in 1927, he was the first photographer to have a solo exhibition, Kertész said that it was not until his 1946 exhibition at the Art Institute of Chicago, that he first felt he received positive reviews on his work, and often cites this show as one of his finest moments in America. During his stay in America, he was cited as being an intimate artist, bringing the viewer into his work, even when the picture was that of subjects such as the intimidating New York City and even his reproduced work printed after his death received good reviews; "Kertesz was above all a consistently fine photographer". Kertész's work itself is often described as predominantly utilising light and even Kertész himself said that "I write with light". He was never considered to "comment" on his subjects, but rather capture them – this is often cited as why his work is often overlooked; he stuck to no political agenda and offered no deeper thought to his photographs other than the simplicity of life. With his art's intimate feeling and nostalgic tone, Kertész's images alluded to a sense of timelessness which was inevitably only recognised after his death. Unlike other photographers, Kertész's work gave an insight into his life, showing a chronological order of where he spent his time; for example, many of his French photographs were from cafés where he spent the majority of his time waiting for artistic inspiration. Although Kertész rarely received bad reviews, it was the lack of them which lead to the photographer feeling distant from recognition. Now however, he is often considered to be the father of photojournalism. Even other photographers cite Kertész and his photographs as being inspirational; Henri Cartier-Bresson once said of him in the early 1930s, "We all owe him a great deal".
This one is called "Lost CLoud" The composition is really interesting. While the windows on the building are pretty uniform like, the cloud next to it makes the whole thing creative. This also shows photography's 2D feature.
This on is called "Fork, Paris". The contrast and the composition in this picture are really significant. The subject is simple. Yet, it is just the simplicity, the light and the shadow make the picture different.
This one is called " Rainy Day in Tokyo". It is really interesting because the composition. A group of people holding black umbrellas are following a white arrow. We can't really see their face, which shows us the busy work in Tokyo has already taken away people's characters.
This one is called "Quais Paris". The road in the picture seems to go on forever. First, it's because as the road goes further, we can't see very clear. And second reason is that the man has covered the vanish point. Generally speaking, it is a very worth looking picture.
This picture is called "Chairs of Paris" I really like this one because it is very mysterious. I like how the chairs are just put randomly. In addition, those chairs, in the picture, are just several lines. If you pay enough attention, you will realize except for few chairs, you can't tell which way the chairs are facing.
