‘Peter Korniss’
Stratification of an Archive: Possible Approaches to the Oeuvre of Péter Korniss
… the conference entitled Stratification of an Archive: Possible Approaches to the Oeuvre of Péter Korniss. The diversely themed essays in the volume provide new interpretations of attitudes that prevailed in Hungarian documentary photography and photojournalism in the post-WWII period. Illustrated with images from the Péter Korniss Archive (held in the collection of the KEMKI ADK) as well as some previously unpublished photographs, the authors explore aspects of the artist’s …
Péter Korniss Archive
Photo history research In 2020 and 2023, Péter Korniss, one of the most influential figures in Hungarian photography, donated 63,000 items from his archives to the Central European Research Institute for Art History. The oeuvre of Korniss, who was the first photographer ever to be awarded the Kossuth Prize, focuses mainly on documenting the disappearing traditional peasant life and culture of Eastern Europe (mainly Transylvania). As …