Hungary, 1973. Tenderness.

Source: Fortepan [205226] / Sándor Kereki

#fortepan #Hungary #bathers #tenderness

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

#fortepan #Budapest #Hungary #revolution #1956

Hungary, 1969. There is nothing quite liking fishing with your friend.

Source: Fortepan [205704] / Sándor Kereki

#fortepan #Hungary #fishing #friendship

Budapest, 1972. You have the best conversations at the market and even today they remain not only a place to buy fresh goods, but a place to interact with others.

Source: Fortepan [205497] / Sándor Kereki

#Fortepan #Hungary #Budapest #Market

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

#fortepan #Uzbekistan #StreetPhotography

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

#fortepan #Budapest #DistractedBoyfriend

Hungary, 1969. A happy childhood is a blessing indeed.

Source: Fortepan [206124] / Sándor Kereki

#fortepan #childhood #Hungary

Budapest, 1970. A day at the races. Looks like the horses he follows, follow other horses :-)

Source: Fortepan [205686] / Sándor Kereki

#fortepan #Budapest

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

#fortepan #Hungary #Ászár #trains #railways

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]

#fortepan #Budapest #StreetPhotography