‘Peter 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with images from the Péter Korniss Archive (held in the collection of the KEMKI ADK) as well as some previously unpublished photographs, the authors explore aspects of the artist’s …

Possible Approaches to the Oeuvre of Péter Korniss In 2020, Péter Korniss, one of the most influential figures in Hungarian documentary photography, donated his archive of tens of thousands of negatives to the Museum of Fine Arts – Central European Research Institute for Art History. The carefully prepared, information-rich collection provides an unparalleled opportunity to explore and understand the oeuvre of the first Kossuth …