'''AndreAndré is a hoKertész''' ({{IPA-fr|kɛʁtɛs|lang}}; 2 July 1894 – 28 September 1985), born '''Andor Kertész''', was a Hungarian-born photographer known for his groundbreaking contributions to photographic [[composition (visual arts)|composition]] and the [[photo essay]]. In the early years of his career, his then-unorthodox camera angles and style prevented his work from gaining wider recognition. Kertész never felt that he had gained the worldwide recognition he deserved. Today he is considered one of the seminal figures of [[photojournalism]].<ref name="Of Paris & New York">{{cite book |last=Naef |first=Weston J. |author2=Phillips, Sandra S. |author3=Travis, David |title=André Kertész: Of Paris and New York |year=1985 |location=Chicago |publisher=The Art Institute of Chicago| isbn=0-500-54106-X| pages=7–124}}</ref><ref name="Diary of Light">{{cite book |last=Capa |first=C. |author2=Hinson, Hal |author3=Harder, Susan |author4=Kubota, Hiroji |title=André Kertész: Diary of Light|year=1987 |publisher=Aperture Books |location=New York |isbn=0-89381-256-0 |pages=198–206}}</ref>
Expected by his family to work as a [[stockbroker]], Kertész pursued photography independently as an [[Autodidacticism|autodidact]], and his early work was published primarily in [[magazine]]s, a major market in those years. This continued until much later in his life, when Kertész stopped accepting commissions. He served briefly in World War I and moved to Paris in 1925, then the artistic capital of the world, against the wishes of his family. In Paris he worked for France's first illustrated magazine called ''[[Vu (magazine)|VU]]''. Involved with many young immigrant artists and the [[Dada]] movement, he achieved critical and commercial success.
