Gyenes. El fotógrafo del optimismo

Synopsis of Gyenes. El fotógrafo del optimismo

This biography by Fernando Olmeda explores the life of Juan Gyenes, a Hungarian photographer based in Madrid who portrayed the social, political, and cultural life of Spain for over fifty years. Gyenes captured with his camera personalities such as Franco, Juan Carlos I, the Duchess of Alba, Montserrat Caballé, Sara Montiel, Nieves Álvarez, Picasso, Severo Ochoa, Plácido Domingo, Salvador Dalí, Andrés Segovia, and Lola Flores, as well as international figures such as the Dukes of Windsor, Queen Fabiola, Charles Chaplin, Mstislav Rostropovich, Sofía Loren, Charlton Heston, Ava Gardner, and Ingrid Bergman. This book places Gyenes in the place that his contribution to photography deserves.