Andor Kertesz was born July 2 1894 in Budapest to the middle class of Jewish family of Lipot Kertesz that was a bookseller, and his wife Ernesztin Hoffmann. Andor was known as Bandi by his friends. He was the middle child of three sons including Imre and Jeno. When Lipot died in 1908 from tuberculosis, Ernesztin was without a source of income to support their three children. Her brother Lipot Hoffmann provided for the boys and also acted like a father to the boys. They soon moved to Hoffmanns country in Szigetbecse. He grew up in a leisurely pace of life. His uncle paid for Andor’s business classes at the Academy of Commerce until his graduation in 1912. And he also arranged his hiring with stock exchange soon after. His older brother Imre, worked at the exchange in Budapest for all
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He was also influenced by certain painting and even poetry. In 1912 after earning enough money Kertesz bought his first camera but his family’s protests continued his career in business. He photographed the local peasants and landscape of the surrounding Hungarian Plains in his free time. His first photograph is believed to be a “Sleeping Boy”. His photographs were first published in 1917 in the magazine during World War 1. In 1914 at the age of 20 he was sent to the frontline where he took photographs of life in the trenches with a lightweight camera. During the violence of the Hungarian Revolution in 1919 most of the photographs were destroyed. Kertesz was wounded by a bullet in 1915 and suffered temporary paralysis in his right arm. Kertesz did not heal soon enough to return to combat. He returned to exchange, and that is where he met his future wife Erzebet Salomon who also worked at the exchange. After returning to the stock exchange Kertesz decided to emigrate to study at one of the France’s photographic schools. His mother dissuaded him, and he did not emigrate for several
He was also influenced by certain painting and even poetry. In 1912 after earning enough money Kertesz bought his first camera but his family’s protests continued his career in business. He photographed the local peasants and landscape of the surrounding Hungarian Plains in his free time. His first photograph is believed to be a “Sleeping Boy”. His photographs were first published in 1917 in the magazine during World War 1. In 1914 at the age of 20 he was sent to the frontline where he took photographs of life in the trenches with a lightweight camera. During the violence of the Hungarian Revolution in 1919 most of the photographs were destroyed. Kertesz was wounded by a bullet in 1915 and suffered temporary paralysis in his right arm. Kertesz did not heal soon enough to return to combat. He returned to exchange, and that is where he met his future wife Erzebet Salomon who also worked at the exchange. After returning to the stock exchange Kertesz decided to emigrate to study at one of the France’s photographic schools. His mother dissuaded him, and he did not emigrate for several