Ata Kandó
Ata Kandó (born on 17th September 1913 in Budapest as Etelka Görög , died on 14. September 2017 in the Netherlands ) was a Dutch photographer of Hungarian descent. She photographed children, fashion, refugees, the indigenous population of the Amazon region and Peruvian whalers. She published in National Geographic and received several awards. In 2017, the Dutch Photo Museum in Rotterdam honored her with the retrospective Ata Kandó / I Shall Use My Time .
Awards
- 1959: Silver medal for fashion photography, Munich
- 1991: Pro Cultura Hungarica
- 1998: Imre Nagy Prize
- 1998: Righteous Among the Nations
- 1999: Hungarian Photographers Association Lifetime Achievement Award
Web links
- Ata Kandó Photographer - Drawing with Light
- Ata Kandó 100 - válogatás egy életműből ( Hungarian )
- Ata Kandó at Photograyphy Now
- Ata Kandó | photographer
- Ed van der Elsken: My wife (Ata Kando) & children
Individual evidence
- ^ Ata Kandó / I Shall Use My Time , Netherlands Fotomuseum
- ^ The Righteous Among The Nations. Kandó FAMILY, Rescue Story: Kandó, Gyula. Kandó, Ata. Yad Vashem
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Kandó, Ata |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Hungarian-Dutch photographer |
| DATE OF BIRTH | September 17, 1913 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Budapest |
| DATE OF DEATH | September 14, 2017 |
| Place of death | Netherlands |