Wednesday, 1 July 2015

Intermediate Text - Andre Kertesz - A photographer who travelled the world!

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Andre Kertesz

Andre Kertesz


Andre Kertesz was a famous photographer. He was born in Budapest in 1894, and later moved to Paris. His most famous photo is the one he took in Meudon.

It shows a steam train going over a viaduct, an old run-down house, a smartly dressed man carrying a parcel, a mother and her child, and a group of men walking towards a building site.

Andre Kertesz worked all over the world, and in 1936 he emigrated to the USA.

Andre Kertesz died in New York in 1985.

Vocabulary

building site – Baustelle
famous – berühmt
moved (move/moved/moved) – übersiedelt
run-down – schlechter Zustand
shows (show/showed/showed) – zeigen
took (take/took/taken) aufnehmen – (to take a picture)
towards – richtunghin
was born – würde geboren


Questions

Where was Andre Kertesz born?
In which city was Andre Kertesz born?
When was Andre Kertesz born?
What does Andre Kertesz's most famous picture show us?
Where did Andre Kertesz emigrate to?
Where is Budapest?
When did Andre Kertesz die?



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