Original : 17x17 cm
PHOTO VANDOR
74, rue de Verdun
BAGNEUX
ALESIA 11-28
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Geza Vandor was born on May 12, 1898 in Budapest, Hungary. He registered at technical school (Magyar Iparmüvészeti Föiskola) in 1914. By 1920 Vandor had begun working in the film industry, initially as a set decorator with Star Filmgyŕr of Budapest. In 1921 he became a member of the artists' trade union of Budapest, within the Film Artists section. He also received a promotion to chief decorator, but he was anxious to move on to bigger things and so left for Paris later that year. He found work first at Garbagny Films (1921-22) and then Gallia Film Co. and Ets. Cinématographic Levinski (1922). He then went to work at Pathé Cinéma, first as a photographer of artwork for animation and then later as an animator artist himself. In 1926 Vandor began to frequent Montparnasse, and it is here that he built close friendships with fellow Hungarian photographers Ergy Landau, André Kertész and Sigismond Kolos-Vary.