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Hungary, 1964.
Writing a postcard. A lost art these days.
Source: Fortepan [148142] / Demeter Balla / Donated by Zsolt Hegyi, legal heir
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Hungary, 1965
Not too sure what the school play here is. Maybe Snow White and the Seven Dwarves? Or perhaps Aladdin and His Magic Lamp? Anyway, I hope Lenin approved of the performance.
Source: Fortepan [148158] / Demeter Balla / Donated by Zsolt Hegyi, legal heir
( I am featuring photos of Hungarian photographer Demeter Balla (1931-2017) over the next little while.)
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Budapest, 1964
The waiter. The photo was taken in Budapest's famed New York Café, once the home of writers and poets. The interior is magnificent and one of the finest examples of Austro-Hungarian pomp and grandeur. Nowadays only tourists go, having to queue to get in, and be able to order overpriced coffee (a cappuccino will set you back $NZ27) from surly wait staff.
Source: Fortepan [148173] / Demeter Balla / Donated by Zsolt Hegyi, legal heir( I am featuring photos of Hungarian photographer Demeter Balla (1931-2017) over the next little while.)
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Budapest, 1958
"Many men go fishing all of their lives without knowing that it is not fish they are after." - Henry David Thoreau
This photo was taken in District XXIII, Budapest’s southernmost district, on a branch of the Danube.
Source: Fortepan [148162] / Demeter Balla / Donated by Zsolt Hegyi, legal heir( I am featuring photos of Hungarian photographer Demeter Balla (1931-2017) over the next little while.)
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Budapest, 1968
I see you, Mr Photographer!
Source: Fortepan [148162] / Demeter Balla / Donated by Zsolt Hegyi, legal heir( I am featuring photos of Hungarian photographer Demeter Balla (1931-2017) over the next little while.)
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Hungary, 1967
Unlike many of the photographers whose images are in the Fortepan archive, Demeter Balla (1931-2017) was a professional and much honoured photographer and writer. His works cover many topics including still life, nudes photojournalism, portraits and landscapes and he received Hungary's highest honour, the Kossuth Prize.
Sunday morning maybe?
Source: Fortepan [148114] / Demeter Balla / Donated by Zsolt Hegyi, legal heir