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Throughout most of his career Kertész was depicted as the " unknown soldier " who worked behind the scenes of photography, yet was rarely cited for his work, even into his death in the 1980s.
Kertész thought himself unrecognised throughout his life, despite spending his life in the eternal search for acceptance and fame.
Though Kertész received numerous awards for photography, he never felt both his style and work was accepted by critics and art audiences alike.
Although, in 1927, he was the first photographer to have a solo exhibition, Kertész said that it was not until his 1946 exhibition at the Art Institute of Chicago, that he first felt he received positive reviews on his work, and often cites this show as one of his finest moments in America.
During his stay in America, he was cited as being an intimate artist, bringing the viewer into his work, even when the picture was that of subjects such as the intimidating New York City Even other photographers cite Kertész and his photographs as being inspirational ; Henri Cartier-Bresson once said of him in the early 1930s, " We all owe him a great deal ".

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