Károly Hemző
(1928-2012) was one of the most important Hungarian photographers of the 20th century. The exhibition of his life’s work opens on December 4 at the
Hungarian National Museum
. The exhibition gives an overall picture of the artist’s work as a gastro-photographer known by millions as well as a sports and urban photographer, reporter, lyric depicter of landscapes and renewer of portraying horses. More than 200 photos will be on display on vintage photo prints and enlargements of the original negatives – mostly in black and white
.
The old master worked in his studio until the end of his life. Besides making great photos of food he also did artistic still-lives, genre pictures and resigned intimate self-portraits which
will be introduced to the public for the first time
just like almost half of the photos on display.
