Vol. 8 No. 2 (2021): The History, Culture and Art of Photography

In our present issue we explored the various relationships between photography and social, cultural and artistic phenomena. It also includes papers discussing archival material and various collections that broaden the approaches to the mentioned topics and hopefully reveal its peculiarities to our readers. One can read an analysis about the “brigade diary” of Dr. István Székács, private family photography in the 20th century, Harrison Forman's visit to Hungary, the online collection of historical photographs at the Budapest University of Technology and Economics, 21st century contemporary art, the Spanish Civil War press illustrations, about student tableau and its relation to our identity, and about the visual prints and the photo collection of the Hungarian University of Fine Arts. In our "Retrospective" section one can read about Béla Flerkó and his work.