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Sopron, Hungary, 1968
Fortepan has added several thousand photographs to the archive from Hungarian architect Anikó Gazda. During the communist era, Gazda worked on the preparation and restoration of listed buildings, and was widely regarded as a leading authority on both Hungarian folk architecture and synagogue architecture. Although many of her images document buildings, her work is equally shaped by a deep interest in the people who lived in and around them.
This photo of hers caught my eye because of the way the three people in it bring life to a scene that would otherwise be just formal angles of buildings and streets.
Source: Fortepan [307131] / Anikó Gazda
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Sopron, 1972. Street life is always full of surprises. There is something very charming about this photo.
Fortepan [ 85462] / Katalin Erdei
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Zsámbék 1979. A number of Trabants parked at the cemetery of Zsámbék, a small town west of Budapest. The town has a long history of human habitation, dating back to the Palaeolithic era, (approx. 3.3 million and 11,700 years ago.) The church, just out of frame, dates back to 1220, and was destroyed by the Mongols in 1241.
The town's largely German population was forcibly resettled to Germany in 1946.
Source: Fortepan [291673] / Emese Nagy
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Budapest, 1977. Tailors at work at the Police Clothing Store in the Pest County Police Headquarters in Budapest's XIV District. There is something almost reverential about people who sew: the way they bow their heads in quiet contemplation at the miracle of their handwork.
Source: Fortepan [22487] / Magyar Rendőr [Hungarian Police]
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Sopron, 1969. There are still courtyards in Hungary that look much the same as this one, 50-odd years later. They are the antithesis of suburbia in many ways: inward facing, cars not required, shared spaces and lives, with all the blessings, and troubles, they can bring. The plumbing and wiring are old and expensive to fix though, so the elderly and poor tend live in such places now.
Source: Fortepan [25003] / Tóth Károly dr