KMFT’s first photography creative camp in Becej

The first free photographic art camp of the Hungarian Photographic Society of the Carpathian Basin (KMFT) took place in 脫becse, in the South of Hungary, led by L谩szl贸 Jusztin, member of the KMFT, on July 01-03, 2022, organised by the Municipality of 脫becse and the Carpathian Basin Institute – Szeged (HU), in partnership with the KMFT.

The partners of the international camp were the Youth Office of 脫becse Municipality, the Municipal Theatre and Folk Library of 脫becse Municipality, the 膼ido Cultural Circle of the Municipality, the Hungarian Cultural Circle of S谩ndor Pet艖fi and last but not least the regional representation of TV media in 脫becse and Freetown.

The opening ceremony of the camp took place on Friday, July 1, 2022 at 6 pm in the Gallery of the Municipal Theatre “Circle” at 2 Gerber Street. Attila Bar谩t (Southern Region), Gy枚ngyi B谩nh谩zi (Partium), J谩nos Cs铆ki (Partium), Orsolya Dobronay-Fenyvessy (Hungary), Ol铆via Erd茅lyi (Southern Region). Ervin Erd茅lyi (South), Gergely F谩bi谩n F谩bi谩n (Felvid茅k), Endre Farkas (Transylvania), 脡va Ferenczi (Felvid茅k), Andrea F贸ri谩n (Partium), M谩ria G谩l (Hungary), R茅ka Guzsv谩ny (Felvid茅k), L谩szl贸 Jusztin (South), 脕rp谩d Kasza (South Vida), Orsolya Kov谩cs (Partium), G茅za Lennert EFIAP (Novi Sad), M谩rta S谩ndorn茅 Szab贸 (Hungary), Istv谩n T贸th AFIAP, ESFIAP (Partium), Magdolna T贸th (Partium) and J贸zsef S谩ndor Thurz贸 (Partium).

Istv谩n T贸th, AFIAP, ESFIAP, Vice President, KMFT, Oradea, welcomed the participants and thanked the representatives and partners for their contribution. Afterwards, the opening of the group exhibition of Ol铆via Erd茅lyi from King Halom and L谩szl贸 Jusztin from 脫bece, members of KMFT and Euro Foto Art International Association from Oradea, took place. In his speech, photographer Istv谩n T贸th praised the works of the two photographers and wished them continued success in the coming period.

The opening ceremony featured performances by the 膼ido cultural circle of the place, the Hungarian cultural circle of S谩ndor Pet艖fi and the Oradea violist S谩ndor J贸zsef Thurz贸. The opening was followed at 7 pm by the presentation of the album “My settlement”, published by Euro Foto Art Publishing House, in the Youth Office of the Centre (Gerber street 2). Istv谩n T贸th AFIAP, ESFIAP curator and director of the publishing house praised the artistic and technical quality of the album.

On Saturday 1 July 2022, at 6 pm, a biographical projection presentation by G茅za Lennert, EFIAP photographer from Novi Sad, member of the Euro Foto Art International Association from Oradea, took place in the Municipal Theatre.

During the camp, participants had the opportunity to photograph several monuments and take night shots of the beautiful southern city. On Sunday morning, the international camp was closed at the MappaMondov Restaurant at 8 Urosa Predica Street after a festive breakfast.