André Kertész Hall
George Eastman Hall

upcoming
exhibition The Exhibition EXTENDED
to 2nd October 2011 BUDAPEST POSITIVE
10 Years of the Budapest Photography Grant
Imre Benkő, Tamás Dezső, Balázs Gárdi, Norbert Hartyányi, Dániel Kovalovszky, Gábor Arion Kudász, Márk Simon, Gyula Sopronyi, György Stalter, Zoltán Vancsó

Curator: Sári Stenczer
Opening remarks by Enikő Eszenyi actress, Director of Vígszínház

Open to the public: 1st July to 2nd October 2011
on Weekdays: 14.00 - 19.00
at Weekends 11.00 - 19.00

Gyula SOPRONYI
1974, Budapest

Residential Parks

Gyula Sopronyi most of all works as a photojournalist in war zones. The subject of his series for the grant was an adrenalin-free zone, the residential parks of Budapest, fashioned for present-day needs, equipped with security systems and often guarded and walled. The playful technique of digital manipulation multiplies the human figures in a habitat vibrating with crisp colour – a condensed micro-society. Sopronyi skilfully poses the question: are the prejudices we formulate about residential parks, alienation and uniformisation, really true?

Sopronyi made his series Residential Parks in 2010, supported by the Budapest Photography Grant.

http://www.sopronyi.com/

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