Introduction

Gábor Kapolka – photographer
GangFoto - www.gangfoto.hu

Specialisation in Photography

• Artistic photography
– subjective documentarism, portraiture
– thematic photographic albums

• Applied photography
– portraiture
– art events
– family
– business photography and news reports
– commercial photography, advertisements, portfolios
– object photography, gastrophoto

Professional Background

• Economist – College of Foreign Trade - Budapest, Hungary
• BA(Hons) – University of Humberside – Hull, UK
• Photography faculty – ASA photostudio – Budapest, Hungary

Prizes, acknowledgements

• Year 2006.
- Pictures of the Year Competition 2005. Portraiture/Series III. Prize – Hungary (Portrait of the Last Bicycle Repairman – photo essay)

Individual Exhibitions

• Year 2006.
- Personal Pictures – selection of photographs, Kópia Photo Gallery,
Budapest, Hungary (32 photos)
- DeLight – Lights from Pest, Fonó Gallery, Budapest (32 photos)
- DeLight – Lights from Pest, Valley of Atrs Festival, Kapolcs (32 photos)
- DeLight – Lights from Pest, Books Festival, Budapest, Ráday Books (diaporama)
- DeLight – Lights from Pest, Pallasz Páholy Gallery, Budapest – (30 photos)

• Year 2005.
- DeLight – Lights from Pest, Municipal Szabó Ervin Gallery, Budapest (32 photos)
- DeLight – Lights from Pest, New Theatre Gallery, Budapest (25 photos)
- DeLight – Lights from Pest, Soda Café and Gallery , Budapest (20 photos)
- DeLight – Lights from Pest, Equility Gallery, Budapest (40 photos)
- Ekho – Trick of the Light, Spinoza Theatre and Gallery, Budapest (20 photos)

Collective Exhibitions

• Year 2006.
- LightDrawing Gallery – World Heritage Building, Budapest (2 photos)
- PressPhoto, Pictures of the Year Hungary 2005., Palace of Arts, Budapest (6 photos)
- Exhibition of the ASA PhotoSchool – Kópia Gallery (3 photos)
- PhotoPoesis Exhibition – Hungarian Institute of Culture (1 photo)

• Year 2005.
- Exhibition of the ASA PhotoSchool – Kópia Gallery (3 photos)

Publications, books, albums

• Year 2006.
- Portrait of the Last Bicycle Repair Man – Pictures of the Year, 2005., 2006 – (9 photos)
- PhotoPoesis Album – Hungarian Institute of Culture, 2006. (1 photo)
- Walks in the Jewish District of Budapest – Album – Vince Publishing House,
Hungary (300 photos)

• Year 2005.
- Salty Mood – Pictures of the Year, 2004. (5 photos)

Bibliography

• Year 2006.
- DeLight – Lights from Pest public diaporama show – FotóMozaik Magazine, June 2006.
- Personal Pictures exhibition – FotóMozaik, May 2006.
- Portrait of the Last Bicycle Repairman – Magyar Hírlap, 18th May 2006.
- Walks in the Jewish District of Budapest – 168 Óra Magazine, March 2006.
- Walks in the Jewish District of Budapest – The Budapest Sun, April 2006.

• Year 2005.
- DeLight – Lights from Pest exhibition – FotóMozaik Magazine, December 2005.
- Ekho – Trick of the Light – Digital PhotoMagazine, December 2005.