István Fazekas – Bird Views of Budapest

Curator: András Bánkuti

Open to the public:
April 8 – May 15, 2016
weekdays: 2pm – 7pm
weekends: 11am - 7pm

In cooperation with the Photojournalist Section of the National Association of Hungarian Journalists (MÚOSZ), the Hungarian House of Photography – Mai Manó House annually presents the work of the photographer awarded with the MÚOSZ Grand Prize of the Hungarian Press Photo Contest. In 2016, István Fazekas was recognized for his series Transit Country.

The Mai Manó House Bookshop Gallery presents István Fazekas’s series entitled Bird Views of Budapest. Never before shown to the public, these images are a result of several years of creative work between the photographer and writer Mihály Gera.

”Being somewhat restless but overall great models, the birds could talk about István Fazekas. Besides the photographer, they did the most for these images. As you can see, they are the movement; they make the street, the square, and the fluffy become alive. And let me quote Ottó Herman in the end: »There’s a countless number of occasions when a whole-hearted person can take delight in birds.«” – Mihály Gera (1931-2014)

No admission fee.

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István Fazekas (born: May 28, 1973)

After graduation, he studied photography at the Práter Street Vocational School (1992-1994), then attended the photojournalist program of the Bálint György Journalist School (1994-1995) and later majored in communications at the University of Szeged (2001-2006).

Worked at:

Esti Hírlap (1993-1997)

Blikk (1997-2001)

HVG (2001-)

Between 1994 and 2016, I have won 23 awards at the Hungarian Press Photo contest.

Exhibitions:

Group shows: Műcsarnok/Kunsthalle, National Gallery, Museum of Ethnography, Palace of Arts.

Solo exhibitions:

2007 – Mai Manó House

2010 – ArtBázis Workshop

Publications:

2007 – as part of the series Just Images, an album on Budapest

2008 – as part of the series Image Vault, an album titled Fazekas

Awards:

1996 – Munkácsy Márton Award

2010 – Balogh Rudolf Prize

2011 –  Artist Grant from the National Cultural Gund of Hungary

2013 – André Kertész Artist Grant