János Reismann (1905-1976). He worked for Arbeiter Illustierte Zeitung as a photo-reporter with colleagues like Erwin Piscator, John Heartfield and Umbo. In 1931 he travelled to Moscow with Heartfield and spent 7 years as a reporter in Stalin’s Soviet Union. He worked for Regards in Paris until 1945, and then he took part in French resistance. In 1945 he returned home in Hungary, he took photo-reports for the illustrated paper annex of Szabad Föld. Starting from December 1945 he was a correspondent from Paris. He became head of public relations office at the French Embassy and later he was cultural attaché of the Embassy. He got involved in the Rajk-case, he was arrested and on the basis of fictive accusation he was life-sentenced. He was rehabilitated in August, 1954. At the end of the 50’s he prepared photo-albums of Italy and Sardine for German publishers.

Marian Reismann (1911-1991). She studied photography in Munich, and then in 1932 she opened a photo-studio in Budapest, where she developed amateur-photos. Soon she became famous with her dance- and children-photos. In 1939 she took a photo of Béla Bartók’s wife in her studio situated in Pálné Veres Street. In March, 1945 she took photos of war-criminals being taken home as photo-reporter for MAFIRT (Hungarian Film Agency Co.) Later she was free-lancing and took photos of socialist Hungarian agriculture’s big achievements, like Hungarian cotton or gum-dandelion plantations. Starting from 1958 until her retirement she was photo-teacher at Vocational School of Fine-, and Applied Arts. She had been continuously taking photos at Pikler Nursery for more thane 40 years.

The Reismann brother and sister’s most complete and comprehensive photo-collection is preserved by the Hungarian Museum of Photography. This book is not only a selection from their well-known photos but also includes some non-public photos that were mainly preserved only on negatives.