RÉVÉSZ TAMÁS_Csend | A mindennapok költészete

Tamás Révész’s independent photographic work is often described as that of a leading exponent of lyrical documentary photography. Like his role model, André Kertész, the small, fleeting moments of everyday life define his emotionally charged photographs.

The exhibition, held in three galleries at the Műcsarnok, presents nearly one hundred photographs that showcase the diverse aspects of the human condition. Our selection highlights the snapshot-like aesthetics of spontaneous street photography as well as the dynamism of photojournalism and the architecture of modern urban spaces. The visual memoir that emerges from these images—spanning from Budapest to New York and from Ecuador to Sicily—is a rich body of work that captures both heart-wrenching and uplifting moments.

Tamás Révész has been a photojournalist and photo editor since the late 1960s; he began his career at Képes Újság and later worked as a staff member at Tükör and Új Tükör. The Hungarian photographer is an active participant in public life; he has taught at the MÚOSZ School of Journalism and the International School of Journalism, as well as at universities in Hungary and abroad. He has served on the boards of Hungarian and international professional forums, and for three decades has organized the World Press Photo exhibition in Hungary, serving as a jury member in 1988 and 1989. In 1990, he took his famous photograph in Körmend depicting the withdrawal of the Russian military contingent from Hungary—an image that came to symbolize the era—for which he received a World Press Photo Honorable Mention certificate a year later. Among other things, he took on assignments for *Libération*, *Le Nouvel Observateur*, the *International Herald Tribune*, *Newsweek*, *People*, and *International Wildlife*, while simultaneously continuing to develop his long-term photographic projects.

His art was introduced to the professional community and the general public in 1977 through his album *Farewell to the Gypsy Settlement* (Ervin Tamás – Tamás Révész: *Farewell to the Gypsy Settlement*, Kossuth Publishing House, Budapest, 1977) and an exhibition held at the Museum of Ethnography. Since then, his photographs have been featured in nearly one hundred solo exhibitions and even more thematic exhibitions. In 1997, he received the Pulitzer Memorial Prize for his book *Budapest*. In 1996, he moved to New York with his family and, following in the footsteps of many iconic photographers in the history of photography, created a photo essay mapping the “Big Apple.” In 2000, W.W. Norton published a book titled *New York* featuring these photographs. In 2012, he was invited to head the photojournalism program at the Budapest College of Communication and Business (now METU).