Hungary, 1973. Tenderness.
Source: Fortepan [205226] / Sándor Kereki
Hungary, 1973. Tenderness.
Source: Fortepan [205226] / Sándor Kereki
Budapest, 25 October 1956. Sixty-nine years ago today, Soviet troops and Hungarian secret police fired upon Hungarians demonstrating outside Parliament, killing and injuring hundreds. It was one of the bloodiest days of the revolution and became known as Bloody Thursday.
Source: Fortepan [290083] / The heirs of István Fóti
Hungary, 1969. There is nothing quite liking fishing with your friend.
Source: Fortepan [205704] / Sándor Kereki
Uzbekistan, 1971. Kereki didn't only take photos in Hungary. In 1971 he visited Uzebekistan and took many photos in places such as Tashkent and Samarkand. This is a striking example of his work while there.
Source: Fortepan [204760] / Sándor Kereki
Budapest, 1969. Is this an early prototype of the "distracted boyfriend" meme?
Sándor Kereki once again captures a moment in the lives of the citizens of Budapest.
Source: Fortepan [206234] / Sándor Kereki
Hungary, 1969. A happy childhood is a blessing indeed.
Source: Fortepan [206124] / Sándor Kereki
Ászár, 1983. The stationmaster. A wonderful portrait of the stationmaster, and his wife (maybe?), in the Hungarian village of Ászár, population 1,664 when this photo was taken, and about exactly the same today. The station was built in 1949 but closed in 2009 and now is all boarded up as you can see in the colour photo. The railway line is also now closed and the last train stopped at Ászár on 15 April, 2012. Nothing lasts forever.
Source: Fortepan [302351] / András Szebeni
Budapest, 1976. One of the residents of the Mihálykovics workers’ estate shortly before they were demolished. There is a timelessness about this photo that I love. Not only because of the warm, kindly smile on the woman's face, but the scene itself could be just about anywhere in Hungary, rural or urban, in the 50-odd years before this photo was taken.
Source: Fortepan / [ Sándor Kereki]