Faces of Debrecen. Photo exhibition by András Gál
2017. Dec. 21. - 2018. Jan. 31.
The application for Debrecen 2023 European Capital of Culture has been completed. Celebrate with us at MODEM with an exhibition of a series of photographs created especially for this occasion. Photographer András Gál has long been interested in portraiture, dedicating one of his series to photographers he admires. Interpreting the theme of this year’s Debrecen Doors photo competition metaphorically, he created images of artists with local ties. Some of the black-and-white works, created using a special technique with a large-format Argentum Excursor camera, have since been exhibited at the Hungarian Academy in Rome, but the new series presented at MODEM is the result of a larger-scale project that pays homage to Richard Avedon’s series from forty years ago (In The American West) and is also part of the cycle entitled Magyar Keleten (In The Hungarian East). The series, which focuses on local cultural figures and people engaged in civil activities, can be viewed by the public in the MODEM reception area in large-format giclée prints.
Artist: Gál András