There is a beautiful photography exhibition at the Royal Academy of Arts in London. Ok, probably I am overexcited as it is a Hungarian photography exhibition but it is really – really beautiful.
I had a conversation about it with my former boss in London and actually she said that she knows these photographers but never realised that they were all Hungarians. Well, I think this is the case for a lot of people all over the world: everyone is familiar with the works of Robert Capa, Andre Kertesz, Laszlo Moholy-Nagy, Martin Munkacsi or Brassai just to mention the biggest names… They all left Hungary and made their names abroad: in France, Germany or even in the USA. The exhibition also shows works by photographers who stayed in Hungary so you really have a great overview of the Magyar style of photography – and what happened in Hungary at that time.
The 200 photographs cover the most important historical events, developments in photography between 1914 and 1989 that was a significant year from Hungary with the ending of the communism.
I visited the exhibition in the morning just after opening time and it was busy right from the opening of the doors. I can tell you I felt very proud while being there and listening to people’s conversations about the photograph they were looking at.
The picture which was selected to advertise the show is one of my favourites. It is by Martin Munkacsi (Nude in Staw Hat, 1944) and as it says it is a nude photograph. I like it because it is so elegant, natural and relaxed at the same time.
I was also very happy to see there photographs by Peter Korniss who is an amazing artist and he is one of the teachers at the photography course I am starting in September. Lucky!
I had a conversation about it with my former boss in London and actually she said that she knows these photographers but never realised that they were all Hungarians. Well, I think this is the case for a lot of people all over the world: everyone is familiar with the works of Robert Capa, Andre Kertesz, Laszlo Moholy-Nagy, Martin Munkacsi or Brassai just to mention the biggest names… They all left Hungary and made their names abroad: in France, Germany or even in the USA. The exhibition also shows works by photographers who stayed in Hungary so you really have a great overview of the Magyar style of photography – and what happened in Hungary at that time.
The 200 photographs cover the most important historical events, developments in photography between 1914 and 1989 that was a significant year from Hungary with the ending of the communism.
I visited the exhibition in the morning just after opening time and it was busy right from the opening of the doors. I can tell you I felt very proud while being there and listening to people’s conversations about the photograph they were looking at.
The picture which was selected to advertise the show is one of my favourites. It is by Martin Munkacsi (Nude in Staw Hat, 1944) and as it says it is a nude photograph. I like it because it is so elegant, natural and relaxed at the same time.
I was also very happy to see there photographs by Peter Korniss who is an amazing artist and he is one of the teachers at the photography course I am starting in September. Lucky!
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| Eyewitness - Hungarian Photography in the 20th Century. Royal Academy of Arts, London, photo by Török Viktória |
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