My First Subject | André Kertész, 1925

André Kertész, Paris, Rue Vavin, 1925                                                                                  Self-portrait, Hotel Beaux Arts, Paris, 1936

“One day my mother said, ‘If you want to go to Paris, go.’ This was a great moment in my life. It was 1925.
Arriving late at night, I and two other Hungarian boys took a room in a hotel. We were very tired, but
 next morning I looked out of the window and saw my first subject… Paris.”

André Kertész, 1894 -1985