Recalling the most significant moments of the past year – the wonderful, the dramatic, or the funny, the 28th Hungarian Press Photo Exhibition has opened its gates and awaits visitors with a must-see collection of photographs. We didn’t stay home either.
From shocking through thought-provoking to merely pleasurable-to-look-at photos are displayed. Themes are impressively varied; from heavier issues like Béla Szandelszky’s series on Roma assassinations and the mourning of the families, Ákos Stiller’s disturbing series on the poorest of the poor from a countryside village, Bódvalenke or the heart-breaking collection of photos by Gyula Soproni on the everyday life of the Havadtő orphanage through recent social-political topics like militarization, child welfare, political radicalism, urban life and globalization to pleasant, even funny photos. I especially liked the nature collection, photos capturing rare moments of wild life, the likes of a moose-bird taking a bath (Gábor Lukács) or the birth and rise of a may-fly (Péter Máté).
The photo collection is like a time capsule with 2009 events – ones that are still influencing our lives in 2010 – squeezed in. The exhibition’s main aim is still awareness-raising, though. Through the eyes of the photographers, it holds a mirror in front of us to see how we spent our last year. It’s not necessarily a nice reflection.
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Through May 2