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

György STALTER
b. 1956, Budapest

Town in the City

György Stalter’s studio is none other than Józsefváros, the 8th District. The social microclimate of the district contributes to forming his identity and artist’s image. In addition to guiding us through this district, his photo series informs us of the artist’s identification and confrontation with his environment. The photographs can be interpreted as subjective documents of the age, and they were made using expired negatives and cross-processing, resulting in distinct, unexpected colours across the entire series. This balances the radical reality which is characteristic of any community in a doomed yet vivacious small town in the depths of a metropolis in some developing country.

Stalter made his series Town in the City in 2006, supported by the Budapest Photography Grant.

http://www.stalter-asa.hu/stalter_img.html

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