Budapest Photo Festival traditionally invites photographers to think and create in a classical photographic genre – presenting the attitudes of contemporary Hungarian photographers. With our photo competition Still life, we searched for contemporary reflexions on Still life.
If you had any doubts about John Malkovich being able to play the role of a little girl – perhaps two little girls – or impersonating Marilyn Monroe, the American sex symbol on a nude photograph, after seeing the exhibition in Kunsthalle (Műcsarnok), all doubts will banish
One of the priorities of BPF is to introduce the contemporary scene of the international photography to the Hungarian audience. To show a new point of view of the photography to the public and to inspire the professional audience as well…
The exhibition is constituted by the 25 best photos of the International competition “home”, what was presented as part of the event in June of 2016 in Ioannina – Greece and continues its journey to 13 cities around Greece and 3 countries abroad. Theme which offers a wide field of expression, in any approach, is meaningful and with plenty interpretations…
Coloring the program of the Budapest Spring Festival by the art of photograpy the Budapest Photo Festival in the cooperation of the Castle Garden Bazaar represents its highlighted exhibition. Portraits made photography a serious art medium in the 19th century. As it became possible to fix the human presence on photosensitive materials, a new era began in history. Photos of human faces and figures completely changed how people perceive themselves and others. It turned the conventional visual depiction on its head and it made photography a professional vocation.
The opening program of the Budapest Photo Festival is Alex Webb’s The suffering of Light exhibition at Műcsarnok (Kunsthale). The Suffering of Light series from Alex Webb, the outstanding photographer of the international photo agency MAGNUM, will be exhibited for the first time in Hungary…
