Fehérváry Ferenc (1922–1988) munkaábrázolásai az 1950-es évek végén
Ferenc Fehérváry’s Representations of Labour in the Late 1950s

Summary/Abstract: Ferenc Fehérváry (1922-1988), agricultural photojournalist of the Hungarian News Agency (MTI), left behind an archive of more than four thousand images, now accessible in the institution’s online database. This study examines those work-themed photographs of his that were published in the professional journal FOTO. The contemporary analyses and critiques accompanying these images illuminate the value system of the late 1950s and the aesthetic expectations that defined what counted as a “good” photograph. Publication in the official, state-run journal, together with the inclusion of images regarded as “artistic”, reveals which of his officially commissioned work photographs were esteemed by contemporaries. A brief biographical overview and the presentation of two of Fehérváry’s solo exhibitions contextualise the discussion of the three selected work photographs.

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