‘photography’
Péter Korniss Archive
… 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 part of the archive, the KEMKI has also received the complete …
Balázs Zoltán Tóth
… 2011 until 2013. From 2005 until 2019 he worked as a research associate at the Hungarian Museum of Photography, and from 2018 to 2019 as curator at the Mai Manó House. He has been a member of the Hungarian Society for the History of Photography since 2020. He has taught at several universities and is currently a guest lecturer at the Metropolitan University. As of 2022, he is the Chief Museologist of the Photo Archive of KEMKI Archive and Documentation Center (ADK). List of publications …
Flóra Barkóczi
… mediums in the post-1960s avant garde art in Hungary, primarily including conceptual photography of the 1960-70s, media art of the 1980-90s, Internet-based art and Internet culture of the 1990s and contemporary photo-based art practices. She is currently on maternity leave. List of publications Publications
György Cséka
… of the Studio of Young Photographers. From 2009 to 2011, he taught the theory and history of photography at Fotografus Foundation School of Photography. In 2017, he taught a course on the theory and history of photography at the Doctoral School of the University of Theatre and Film Arts. From 2019 to 2020, he was managing editor at the online photography magazine www.punkt.hu . His research interests include contemporary photography and art theory. He has been working at KEMKI since …
ALBERT Ádám: My Appropriations (László Moholy-Nagy), 2022
… connected to the oeuvre of László Moholy-Nagy, one of the great pioneers of Hungarian photography. The material of which the letter comprises a part was acquired by the Hungarian National Bank from the artist’s nephew, Levente Nagy in 2015. The collection primarily aids in scholarly research. In addition to lists of artworks, books and other publications, it also includes a few autograph letters and early watercolours, which had been left in the family’s possession.