A portable craft can sustain us when we are forced to leave everything behind.
Chapter 1

Flight, focus, and the Paris streets

Chapter 2

Witnessing the Spanish Civil War

Chapter 3

A surreal sanctuary in Mexico

Chapter 4

The final frame: teaching and legacy

Ch 1 · Flight, focus, and the Paris streets
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choko Budapest shaped the early photography career of Kati Horna

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How Budapest shaped a budding photographer

choko Raised in a prosperous Jewish family, Horna lost her father, studied with József Pécsi, and met lifelong friend Robert Capa.

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Quiz

Under which modernist master did Kati Horna study photography in Budapest?

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Quiz

Which legendary war photographer did Kati Horna meet and form a lifelong friendship with in Budapest?

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A portable craft can sustain us when we are forced to leave everything behind.

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Escaping the rising storm in Berlin

choko Horna abandoned her political studies in Berlin to escape Adolf Hitler's rising regime.

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Quiz

Which famous German playwright was part of the political circle Kati Horna joined in Berlin?

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In what year did the rise of Adolf Hitler force Kati Horna to flee Berlin?

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Fun Fact

Capa's real name: Robert Capa was born Endre Friedmann, and it was actually his partner Gerda Taro who helped invent his famous persona.

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Katie's Paris Poetry Chase
BETA

choko Chase poetic clues through Paris to discover key stages of Katie Horna's life and work.

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Quiz

Which agency hired Kati Horna as a freelance photographer when she arrived in Paris?

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Quiz

What was the title of Kati Horna's whimsical 1934 Paris street photography series?

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Glossary
rolleiflex (noun)
A brand of twin-lens reflex camera characterized by its compact size and high-quality lenses. In 1933, Hungarian photographer Kati Horna used this camera to document everyday life in Parisian cafés.

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Quiz

Which uncanny objects did Kati Horna use in her 1938 Paris photography series to explore surrealism?

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Who was the official leader of the Surrealist movement whose writings Kati Horna read in Paris?

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Gossip

Which Paris photo style speaks to you most?

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