I asked five renowned Hungarian photographers to find the exact location of their iconic photos taken two, three or four decades ago in Budapest. They tell us, standing in front of the camera, an interesting aspect of the life of the capital that they captured from behind the camera.
Featured photographers: Tamás Urbán, Ferenc Rédei, György Stalter, Lenke Szilágyi and Péter Korniss
Featured experts: Péter Müller Sziámi performer, György Földes historian, Mihály Sipos boxing coach, Soma Spitzer performer, Ildikó Szabó film director and Tibor Valuch historian
---CREDITS
Reporter–editor, concept: István Virágvölgyi
Editor (24.hu): László Dékány
Video and photo crew (24.hu): Boglárka Bicsák, Brúnó Einspach, Gábor Pál Gelencsér, Gerzson Nyárai, Jennifer Varga
Project coordinator: Orsolya Huszár
In cooperation with 24.hu news portal
The project was implemented as part of the Budapest 150 commemorative year, with the support of the Pro Cultura Urbis Public Foundation.
---All episodes of the five-part video series are available in Hungarian on this link: https://24.hu/tag/visszapillanto-sorozat
---1st episode (December 30, 2023): “The prison warden told me to look at this man, because there is noone like him anywhere else” – Tamás Urbán and the tattooed Butterfly
2nd episode (January 6, 2024): “Whoever does not take this shot is not a photojournalist” – The story of Ferenc Rédei’s unusual photo of socialist leader János Kádár
3rd episode (January 14, 2024): “Life is livelier, but also more extreme than in a more consolidated neighborhood” – the notorious 8th district, photographer György Stalter, and the Metal Christ standing on the corner
4th episode (January 20, 2024): “We don’t give a shit that we are in the middle of socialism, we still live our own lives” – Lenke Szilágyi and the cool girls of the regime change era
5th episode (January 27, 2024): “I’m such a nobody here in Budapest” – 10 years of Péter Korniss photographing a commuting physical worker from the countryside
--- Filming locations of the five episodes across Budapest: