Pál Funk

Pál Funk, born Pál Pinkász, known professionally also as Angelo, (31 January 1894, Budapest, Hungary –13 December 1974, Budapest, Hungary) was a leading twentieth-century photographer in Hungary. He was also a cinematographer and fashion designer.

Early life He was partly of Italian ancestry, and his family had included many artists. His great-grandfather, Alessandro Angelo, the creator of the frescoes at the Hofburg in Vienna, and also, reputedly, designed sets for Gioachino Rossini. The artist members of the family adopted the artist name "Angelo" in honor of their famous predecessor.

On the pedagogical side, he gave more than seventy lectures on Hungarian photography, the aesthetics of modern photography, and portrait and nude photography. He was also the chairman of the Master of Photographers Examination Committee.

Between 1927 and 1937 he wrote dozens of articles for Fotóművészeti Hírek (Photography News journal) and from 1934 to 1938 he was one of the editors of the journal Magyar Fotográfia (Hungarian Photography). and then spent several months a year on the filming of Franco-British Film Co.. He has also worked for Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, with such big-name artists as Rex Ingram, Erich Pommer, Fritz Lang, Alexander Wolkoff, Ernst Lubitsch and Harry Lachman.

According to some sources, he shot the first Hungarian sound film. Mouvement, rythme, danse - Les débuts de la danse moderne en Hongrie (1902-1950), Institut Hongrois, Paris, 7 Nov – 14 Dec 2013 Kindred Spirits. Péter Nádas and Hungarian Photography 1912-2003, Fotomuseum Den Haag, Den Haag, 25 Sep 2004 – 3 Jan 2005,