Cars Heading Toward the Sea – Alternative Storytelling through the Archive of the Present, the Museum of Ethnography’s Photo and Story Collection Campaign Cover Image

Autók a tenger felé – avagy alternatív történetmesélés a Jelenarchívummal a Néprajzi Múzeum fotó és történetgyûjtő kampányával
Cars Heading Toward the Sea – Alternative Storytelling through the Archive of the Present, the Museum of Ethnography’s Photo and Story Collection Campaign

Author(s): Kata Martincsák
Subject(s): Photography
Published by: Korunk Baráti Társaság
Keywords: Jelenarchívum; Archive of the Present; vernacular photography; personal narratives; Museum of Ethnography Budapest; Fortepan; contemporary visual archives; participatory storytelling

Summary/Abstract: The new project of the Museum of Ethnography, called Jelenarchívum (Archive of the Present) is a collection of evreday photos and stories from the 1990s to the present day. The mission of the Jelenarchívum (Archive of the Present) is to create a collection of contemporary private photographs with personal stories, starting in 1990. The achive is conceived as a special project and research, an extended continuation of the widely known and popular Fortepan collection.

  • Issue Year: 2026
  • Issue No: 01
  • Page Range: 77-83
  • Page Count: 7
  • Language: Hungarian
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