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Interview with Oksana Sarkisova and Olga Shevchenko, authors of the book titled In Visible Presence. Soviet Afterlives in Family Photos by Róza Tekla Szilágyi The book is a vivid outline of the role that …
Applications are due by February 1st, 2024. Eidolon is an institution dedicated to developing the recognition of everyday photography internationally. We are showcasing, studying, analysing, and appreciating vernacular photography and banal imaging in both …
by Dorottya Balkó Curious gazes were roaming over the unassuming shoeboxes placed in the middle of the table. The small studio space of Capa Center slowly filled up with excitement as people were waiting …
Watch the presentations of the second segment of our event 'Talks on everyday imaging – the analogue and digital realm of the vernacular' featuring Annebella Pollen, Joanna Zylinska & Joachim Schmid. Annebella Pollen – …
by András Zsuppán To celebrate on the 150th anniversary of the birth of Budapest, the Hungarian National Gallery is hosting a special exhibition of over a hundred photos evoking the capital city during its …
by Dorottya Balkó Not only copyright, but also personality rights could pose a serious challenge for institutions showcasing everyday photographs. Since these photos were taken of and by private individuals, their publishing can understandably …
Tune in to our video with Sándor Kereki as he shares insights into his photographic legacy and the nearly lost body of work currently exhibited at the Capa Center in Budapest. Our exhibition Sándor …
by Dorottya Balkó When someone takes up the challenge of showcasing photographs on a website or as part of a print publication, more often than not faces the limitations of copyright. Therefore, the second …
by Viola Fátyol Her works are preserved in public museum collections and have also been exhibited, she was subject to ethnographic studies and a TV show on social photography, yet, Mariska Travnik’s name may …
Watch Geoffrey Batchen's keynote speech at our event 'Talks on everyday imaging – the analogue and digital realm of the vernacular' Introduced into photographic discourse in about 2000, the term ‘vernacular photography’ has now …
by Dorottya Balkó Although amateur or family photographs weren’t created with the intention of being institutionally collected, researched, and displayed, these visual materials have still become an important topic in contemporary visual culture. The …
by Szabolcs Barakonyi Our exhibition, unveiling previously unseen parts of Sándor Kardos' remarkable photography project, ‘The Horus Archives,’ was on display from September 21, 2023 to October 14, 2023. This compact project was hosted …
Excerpt from Nathan Jurgenson's book On Photography and Social Media, first published by Verso in 2019 Every day the urge grows stronger to get a hold of an object at very close range by …
by Joanna Zylinska This text has been adapted from Joanna Zylinska, The Perception Machine: Our Photographic Future Between the Eye and AI (Cambridge, MA: MIT Press, 2023), forthcoming. I’m not sure what photography is. …
Interview with Sándor Kardos, founder of the Horus Archives by Róza Tekla Szilágyi and Szabolcs Barakonyi Kardos Sándor is a a Hungarian cinematographer, film director, photographer born in 1944. Kardos graduated in 1969 from …
Interview with The Family Museum by Róza Tekla Szilágyi Co-founded in 2017 by Nigel Martin Shephard and Rachael Moloney, The Family Museum is an archival project rooted in Nigel’s collection of original British amateur …
