A „múltra nyíló ablakok” érdekében. Gönyey (Ébner) Sándor tudományos tevékenysége és fényképei (1920–1963)
In the Interest of “Windows Opening onto the Past”: Sándor Gönyey’s Scholarly Work and Photographs (1920–1963)

Summary/Abstract: Sándor Gönyey was one of the most knowledgeable observers of Hungarian rural life in the interwar period and among the most prolific photographers documenting it. A scholar of both material and intangible folk culture, collector, photographer and a pioneer of ethnographic filmmaking in Hungary, he produced photographs, films, written descriptions and supplementary drawings on a wide range of subjects during his fieldwork travels across the country. His images are among the most frequently requested and utilised items in the 400,000-piece Photo Archive of the Museum of Ethnography in Budapest. From the perspective of the history of scholarship, his contribution to the visual documentation of village life, peasant culture and its actors is irreplaceable. The extensive series of ethnographic film notes and autocrome (colour) photographs are likewise largely attributable to his work, as there had previously been no adequate means to record movement and gesture (dance and other practices) or the regionally specific colours that played a crucial role in traditional folk costumes. This study presents his museum career and examines his representations of labour.

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