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“What I want is to capture the natural, something quirky, insignificant or ordinary in the eyes of everyone, but something that eventually becomes emotional or surreal once transcribed to a photo.”
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Tibor Budai
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About.
35 yrs old, originally from Budapest, Hungary. Moved to Switzerland as a child, where he currently resides. Works for Philip Morris.
Cameras and lenses.
“A Leica M7 with my 35mm Zeiss Biogon. I also have a Nikon FM2 as a backup solution in case my main camera breaks down!”
What’s important.
“We only live once, but if you play it right it is enough. ”
Interesting fact.
“I was in the army in Switzerland, and security was at a maximum during the 9/11 era. Part of my duties included patrolling the US embassy and many others in the capital of Bern. Nowadays, I much prefer to patrol the streets with a camera hanging around my neck rather than a machine gun.”
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Today I am very pleased to present the work of Tibor Budai, whose photography I’ve enjoyed for several years.
Mr. Budai has an uncanny ability to “see”, and a gift for pressing the camera shutter at precisely the most interesting/poignant moment.
His seemingly quirky compositions belie a masterful photographer at work, whose intelligence is both playful and incisive. Moreover, he accomplishes all of this within the challenging medium of film.
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Q&A with Tibor.
What motivated (and still motivates) you to pick up a camera?
“The motivation for me is to record an instant which will disappear forever as quickly as it has appeared, just a moment ago. It’s my life’s passion I think, discovered late, but as we say: “better late then never!” I just love taking pictures with the imagination process that begins soon after having taken it and this same process continuing on until the film development, with the gradual excitement going with it. And I simply like to look and appreciate the result of the successful photos after all the effort made. ”
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What do your images “say” about you?
“We say that pictures reflect one’s personality. Perhaps this is true. What I want is to capture the natural, something quirky, insignificant or ordinary in the eyes of everyone, but something that eventually becomes emotional or surreal once transcribed to a photo. To say the least, this is not an obvious thing to do!“
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How have you evolved as a photographer/artist over the years?
“[I’ve evolved] a lot if I look back when I started 3-4 years ago. I’ve learned from others’ work in forums or social media, and turning the pages of grand master’s photo books countless times, over and over again .”
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Any further comments about your work you’d like to share?
“I started doing mostly street photography. But now I tend to run some personal projects. I think change can bring benefits especially when one feels that particular subjects may have been overdone. It also allows me to come back to previous subjects, but with a different refreshed perspective. ”
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Images courtesy of Tibor Budai.
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Once again, I wish to convey my gratitude to Tibor for participating in this series.
If you’d like to see more of his work, please visit Tibor’s website here.
—Peter.
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Past Featured Photographers on Prosophos.com include:
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- Bijan.
- Kristian Dowling.
- Luiz Paulo.
- Ming Thein.
- Ashwin Rao.
- Jason Howe.
- Aaron C. Greenman.
- Jose Salcedo.
- Hughf.
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