Paul Almasy
Born in Budapest, Paul Almasy (1906 - 2003) originally trained to be a diplomat, but after completing studies in political science in 1928, he took up photography. In 1934 he emigrated to France, and throughout the 1930s and 1940s worked as a freelance photojournalist in Europe and North Africa.
For 20 years starting in 1955, Almasy produced over 100 photo stories for the World Health Organization, travelling to each WHO region. His work was often published in the WHO magazine, World Health. Almasy also worked for UNESCO and the International Labour Organization.
Traveling the globe throughout his long career, Almasy captured images of people from all walks of life, and also documented the beauty of his adopted Paris in pictures that are an ode to the city and to Almasy's love of Parisian culture.
He taught photojournalism in France and Hungary and in 1978 was awarded the Master of Photography Award by the Council of Professional Photographers of Europe.
Images by Paul Almasy ...
1936
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1950
Shell Gas Station in the Desert, Algeria, 1963
Iran, 1964
Volkswagen factory, 1954
Paris, 1961