Ergy Landau, a photographer's life 1896 - 1967.
Beak in the air| N° d'inventaire | 25861 |
| Format | 23.5 x 29 |
| Détails | 128 p., illustrated, bound. |
| Publication | Marseille, 2022 |
| Etat | Nine |
| ISBN | 9782367441634 |
A female photographer, a Hungarian Jewish immigrant in 1920s Paris: this is a situation that probably did not predestined Ergy Landau to a brilliant posterity. History has clearly not denied destiny. The photographic landscape of the time was dominated by men, and the Hungarian artistic diaspora is no exception. László Moholy-Nagy, André Kertész, Robert Capa, and Brassaï have their place in all histories of photography, while the names of Nora Dumas, Ylla, Alexandra Kinga Fekete, Suzanna Nagy, and Krisztina Sardi, like that of Ergy Landau, remain largely absent.
This monograph aims to fill this gap by highlighting Ergy Landau's unique and, in many ways, exemplary career. Laurence Le Guen, a doctor of French literature and a great connoisseur of the photographer's work, and David Martens, a professor of French literature in Louvain, Belgium, and a specialist in the relationship between literature and photography, illuminate the corpus of images with a study that is both in-depth and accessible, based on patient documentary and historical research, retracing Ergy Landau's path and the context of the time.
The book offers a biographical and thematic journey through Ergy Landau's work through a wide selection of photographs and numerous reproductions of documents from the photographer's archives – negatives, contact sheets, correspondence, workbooks, press publications, children's books, etc. – most of which are published here for the first time. This monograph thus re-establishes Ergy Landau in her rightful place in the history of 20th-century photography, while contributing to the recognition of the decisive role of women in the history of photography.
A female photographer, a Hungarian Jewish immigrant in 1920s Paris: this is a situation that probably did not predestined Ergy Landau to a brilliant posterity. History has clearly not denied destiny. The photographic landscape of the time was dominated by men, and the Hungarian artistic diaspora is no exception. László Moholy-Nagy, André Kertész, Robert Capa, and Brassaï have their place in all histories of photography, while the names of Nora Dumas, Ylla, Alexandra Kinga Fekete, Suzanna Nagy, and Krisztina Sardi, like that of Ergy Landau, remain largely absent.
This monograph aims to fill this gap by highlighting Ergy Landau's unique and, in many ways, exemplary career. Laurence Le Guen, a doctor of French literature and a great connoisseur of the photographer's work, and David Martens, a professor of French literature in Louvain, Belgium, and a specialist in the relationship between literature and photography, illuminate the corpus of images with a study that is both in-depth and accessible, based on patient documentary and historical research, retracing Ergy Landau's path and the context of the time.
The book offers a biographical and thematic journey through Ergy Landau's work through a wide selection of photographs and numerous reproductions of documents from the photographer's archives – negatives, contact sheets, correspondence, workbooks, press publications, children's books, etc. – most of which are published here for the first time. This monograph thus re-establishes Ergy Landau in her rightful place in the history of 20th-century photography, while contributing to the recognition of the decisive role of women in the history of photography.