Ferenc berko biography of martin

Ferenc Berko (1916-2000) was born in Nagyvárad, Hungary.  After his parents passed away while Berko was still young, he was raised by family friends in Berlin, Germany.

 His adoptive parents encouraged the boy’s creative energies and gave him his first camera.

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 The family spent time with artists and teachers of the Bauhaus School, among them László Moholy-Nagy, Walter Gropius, and Marcel Breuer, who inspired Berko’s passion for modern art and photography. Moholy-Nagy especially became a friend and mentor.  In the 1930s, Berko was sent to live in London and study philosophy.

While there he also became immersed in photojournalistic as well as fine art photography and short documentary films.  He then encountered another major figure in photography, Emile Hoppe, who also served as mentor.  After his studies, Berko moved to Paris where he worked with his new wife, Mirte (whom he married in 1937) on a series of