Swimmer

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Andre Kertesz (photographer)

Black and white photograph of a man swimming underwater in a swimming pool. He is outstretched, face down, with his arms extended ahead of him. The figure occupies most of the image frame, with his feet in the top-left corner and his arms in the bottom-right corner.

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Category	Photographs
Object type	Photograph
Title	Swimmer (generic title)
Materials and techniques	Gelatin silver print Photographic Paper Gelatin Silver Process
Brief description	Photograph by André Kertész, 'Swimmer', gelatin silver print, 1917
Physical description	Black and white photograph of a man swimming underwater in a swimming pool. He is outstretched, face down, with his arms extended ahead of him. The figure occupies most of the image frame, with his feet in the top-left corner and his arms in the bottom-right corner.
Dimensions	Sheet length: 32.7cm Sheet width: 26cm
Styles	Modernist Art Photography
Gallery label	Gallery 100, 2016-17: André Kertész (1894–1985) Swimmer 1917 André Kertész was a Hungarian photographer who, like many of his contemporaries, moved to Paris and later New York. He was influential in making artistic photographs using photojournalistic techniques. In this early work, he used a split-second exposure to capture a swimmer in motion, reflections on the water and the distortions of the body. Gelatin silver print Museum no. Ph.208-1976
Bibliographic reference	André Kertész, Sixty Years of Photography, London: 1972
Collection	Prints, Drawings & Paintings Collection
Accession number	208-1976

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Record created	June 30, 2009
Record URL	https://collections.vam.ac.uk/item/O1060656/swimmer-photograph-andre-kertesz/

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