Reportage-, Mode-, und Sportfotograf

 Think while you shoot!

Born on May 18, 1896 in Kolozsvár, Austria-Hungary, died on July 13, 1963 in New York / NY

From 1912 painter, sports reporter and photographer in Budapest

From 1927 Photo reportages for Berlin publishing houses, exclusive work for Ullstein Verlag with contacts to editor-in-chief Kurt Korff and artistic director Kurt Safranski, photo-historically decisive series of works and extensive commissioned work for Berliner Illustrirte Zeitung, Die Dame, Uhu, Koralle, among others

1933 Trip to the U.S.A. on behalf of Ullstein, photo series William Randolph Hearst in California

1934 Emigration to the U.S.A., fashion photographer for Harper's Bazaar

From 1934 Photographs for Korff's and Safranski's Dummy 1935, decisive for the development of LIFE Magazine

1936 Photographer for LIFE magazine

1947 Foundation of Trigon Press, AMP. American Master Photographers in collaboration with Kurt Safranski

Works by Martin Munkácsi in the Ullstein photographic collection in Berlin, of which approx. 1,500 have been digitized by ullstein bild

Exhibitions and publications - a selection

Haus der Photographie, Deichtorhallen in Hamburg 2005: Martin Munkácsi – Think while you shoot, Ausstellungskatalog F.C. Gundlach (Hrsg.), Steidl, Göttingen 2005

Deutsches Historisches Museum in Berlin 2017/2028: Die Erfindung der Pressefotografie, Ausstellungskatalog, Deutsches Historisches Museum / ullstein bild, Axel Springer Syndication (Hrsg.), Hatje Cantz, Berlin, 2017

LVR LandesMuseum in Bonn 2019/2020 und Industriemuseum in Oberhausen 2022: Fotografie in der Weimarer Republik, Ausstellungskatalog LVR LandesMuseum Bonn (Hrsg.), Hirmer, München 2019

Berlinische Galerie in Berlin 2022: Magyar Modern – Ungarische Kunst in Berlin 1910-1933, Ausstellungskatalog Ralf Burmeister, Thomas Köhler, Lászlo Baán, András Zwickl (Hrsg.), Hirmer, München 2022

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