George Eastman Hall

György Klösz, one of the most significant city photographers of the late 19th century, passed away a hundred years ago. He had taken a considerable amount of photographs of the Hungarian capital as well. From the Budapest History Museum’s Photography Collection of 1500 photos by Klösz, László Lugo Lugosi chose sixty photos and, by finding the original shooting points and reconstructing the same field of view and focal length that his well-known predecessor worked with, he created his images of cityscapes one hundred years later. The exhibition presents 21 photo-pairs, selecting from the material previously exhibited in Budapest, Paris, and Vienna. (Texts featured are the courtesy of Pál Ritoók.)

Károly Kincses, curator

GYÖRGY KLÖSZ
(Darmstadt, Germany 1844 - Budapest, Hungary 1913)

He was born in Germany. Originally, he worked as a pharmacist. He studied photography in Vienna, later he moved to Budapest and worked there for almost four decades in various studios. He took photographs of Budapest, Hungarian castles, and those entering his studio, or the events therein in documentary style. He also dealt with photo-copying, leaving a solid printing facility to his son, Pál Klösz.

LUGOSI LUGO LÁSZLÓ
Budapest, 1953)

Studied English and Hungarian literature, film aesthetics, and film history at Eötvös Loránd Univeristy (Faculty of Arts). Since 1985, he has been a professional photographer. He authored many books, photo albums, as well as a monograph about György Klösz.