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Zoltán Glass
Zoltán Glass (26 April 1903 – 24 February 1982) was a Hungarian photographer. He was one of the renowned photographers of the 20th century. Early life Zoltán Glass, who was known to his friends as “Zolly”, was born in Budapest, Austria-Hungary on April 26, 1903. Following in his elder brother’s footsteps, he began his career as an artist and caricaturist. However, he struggled to make ends meet and took various other jobs to supplement his income, including docker, night watchman, photographic retoucher, and stage designer. Early career In 1925, Zoltán moved to Berlin, Germany, where, like his brother Stephen Glass, he established himself as a picture editor at an evening newspaper. He then became a photojournalist at the ''Berliner Tagblatt''. A keen motorsports enthusiast and amateur racer, Zoltán covered Germany’s biggest races at the Nürburgring and Avus circuits. In 1930 Zoltán established Reclaphot, a photographic agency that specialised in advertising w ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Budapest
Budapest is the capital and most populous city of Hungary. It is the ninth-largest city in the European Union by population within city limits and the second largest city on the Danube river. The city has an estimated population of 1,752,286 over a land area of about . Budapest, which is both a city and municipality, forms the centre of the Budapest metropolitan area, which has an area of and a population of 3,303,786. It is a primate city, constituting 33% of the population of Hungary. The history of Budapest began when an early Celtic settlement transformed into the Roman town of Aquincum, the capital of Lower Pannonia. The Hungarians arrived in the territory in the late 9th century, but the area was pillaged by the Mongols in 1241–42. Re-established Buda became one of the centres of Renaissance humanist culture by the 15th century. The Battle of Mohács, in 1526, was followed by nearly 150 years of Ottoman rule. After the reconquest of Buda in 1686, the region e ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
