(1912 -1968) was a photographer and an artist.

His works are in the National Gallery Museum in Budapest, as well as in the Bibliothèque Nationale in Paris.

His body of photographs starts in his native Hungary with portraits of Hungarian Roma and landscapes.
Roma Girl from Hungary
Later living in Paris, he specializes in street scenes and French landmarks, as well as in portraits of artists and intellectuals (Picasso, Chagall, Cocteau, Léautaud...). Paris by Night

In 1959, he publishes Paris m'a souri, a portrait of Paris, with the poet Maurice Fombeure. One of the photographers he admired was Atget.

The poet and novelist Blaise Cendrars called him "l'as du noir et blanc", the champ of black and white photography.
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Some photographs are viewable through the Los Angeles-based Stephen Cohen Gallery which represents his estate.

A couple more images are viewable here: an antique shop and a street corner.