Kereszty Anna Júlia

Art and Design Management MA
supervisor
Ébli Gábor
thesis opponent
Vasali Katalin
portfolio

Artistic and organisational directions in photography

My portfolio focuses on photography. Over the last period, I have been able to deepen my interest in photography both from my own artistic practice and through my work as an organiser and curator. I worked in exhibition curating, at fairs in Budapest and Paris, and helped in the distribution of a photography book. I studied one semester in Berlin in Visual Communication and one year in Paris at a Department of Photography and Video. My portfolio is intended to show the co-existence of organisation and creation.
thesis

The potential of a photography-focused gallery/bookstore and the importance of photobooks in contemporary photography

My thesis examines the responsibilities of a photography institution today and why the photobook has become an essential medium in contemporary photography. The paper investigates the functioning of photo-focused hybrid spaces in which the photobook has a decisive organizing power. Based on the Paper Lab Gallery in the bookstore of Mai Manó House, my analysis also examines examples from Paris and Berlin, by drawing on interviews, literature and my own experiences.