André Kertész | Underwater Swimmer, 1917
Underwater Swimmer Esztergom,1917, André Kertész
From the book, Kertész on Kertész:
“After I was wounded [in WWI] I was in the hospital for almost nine months. We went swimming in the pool every day, and I realized the distortions in the water. When I photographed them my comrades said, ‘You are crazy. Why did you photograph this?’ I answered: ‘Why only girl friends? This also exists.’ So I photographed my first distortion in 1917 – others followed later, especially the nudes in 1933.”
