Imre Kinszki
Imre Kinszki (1901–1945) was a Jewish-Hungarian photographer.[1][2][3][4]
Biography[edit]
Imre Kinszki was born in Budapest, Hungary in 1901.[1] He captured motion and speed, architecture, and city life.[2] In 1937, together with Erno Vadas and Gusztáv Seiden, he co-founded the Modern Hungarian Photographers Group. His photographs and articles appeared in American Photography and National Geographic.[3] The KINSECTA camera was invented by Kinszki to improve on the technique of close-up photography.[5]
In 1943, during the Second World War, he was sent to forced labor camps in Romania and Hungary.[1][2] He died on the way to Sachsenhausen concentration camp in 1945.[1][3]
References[edit]
- ^ a b c d Centropad biography
- ^ a b c Magyar Zsido Muzeum biography
- ^ a b c Hungarian Jewish Museum and Archives
- ^ The New Yorker, Volume 81, Issues 1–11, p. 38
- ^ "Exhibition – Imre Kinszki photographer: Walk/Diary – Museum.hu". www.museum.hu. Retrieved 24 April 2020.
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