I often say that I photograph simply because I can’t not do it. By profession, I’m a lawyer specializing in intellectual property protection, but in my private life I often view the world not through the analytical thinking required for my job, but rather through emotions, moods, and subjective impressions. This is also at the heart of my interest in the visual arts.
I started photography during a six-month scholarship in the US while in high school, and it has been a constant source of inspiration ever since. In my personal work, I feel closest to subjective documentarism, I have worked on commission with independent theaters in Budapest and I discovered street photography around 2019.
Building on the tradition of freelance photojournalism, this almost punk genre, free from aesthetic and client-imposed constraints, doesn’t beat around the bush; it shows people and life as they truly are. At the same time, it distances itself from the objectivity of photojournalism, and this is why I feel truly at home with it. I enjoy finding unusual or humorous scenes in which we can recognize ourselves, which can come together to form new, personal stories, and where the reality portrayed becomes interchangeable and permeable with a different, imagined reality.
We hope the images selected for the exhibition will complement each other and find a place in the personal stories of many.