Sándor Kereki returned to his photographs during the pandemic, while in quarantine. The photos were not only found inside the house, but luckily for us, they also found their way out. Unfortunately, organizing the pictures also had its victims: the contact sheets, the direct copies of the negatives, were simply thrown out by the artis. This makes it difficult to retrace the links between photographs; it is not apparent if frames were from the same roll, and thus had been taken at roughly the same time, which would be a crucial clue in dating images.
Forty or fifty years later, it is difficult to accurately recall the details of a shot; for the overwhelming majority of the 7,000 pictures, it was not even possible to determine what year they had been made. There are places, streets, and squares that Sándor Kereki easily recognizes, also he can confidently recall some of the people captured in the photographs. We have decided to only include information the author was sure of. The photographs whose year of creation could not be given by the artist himself, are in a separate block, in the end of the image gallery.
1970
Derby
Madách Square, Budapest
Madách Square, Budapest
Madách Square, Budapest
1971
Buda Youth Park
Buda Youth Park
Buda Youth Park
Buda Youth Park
Buda Youth Park
Buda Youth Park
Buda Youth Park
Buda Youth Park
Buda Youth Park
1972
Lenin Roundabout (today’s Erzsébet Roundabout and Teréz Roundabout), Budapest
City Park, Budapest
Budapest Amusement Park
Hunyadi Square Market, Budapest
Budapest Amusement Park
Pál Szinyei Merse Elementary School, Budapest
Kunsthalle
Marx Square (today’s Nyugati Square)
1973
Széchenyi Thermal Bath, Budapest
portrait, Budapest University of Technology
Széchenyi Thermal Bath, Budapest
Széchenyi Thermal Bath, Budapest
Poland
Széchenyi Thermal Bath, Budapest
Széchenyi Thermal Bath, Budapest
Széchenyi Thermal Bath, Budapest
Széchenyi Thermal Bath, Budapest
portrait, Budapest University of Technology
Poland
May 1 parade
Poland
1974
Metro line M1, Budapest
Metro line M1, Budapest
Metro line M1, Budapest
Metro line M1, Budapest
Metro line M1, Budapest
portrait, Budapest University of Technology
Metro line M1, Budapest
Metro line M1, Budapest
Metro line M1, Budapest
1975
District 13, Budapest
West Railway Station, Budapest
City Park, Budapest
1976
City Park, Budapest
Petőfi Bridge, Budapest
Váci Street, Budapest
Réz Dániel
Budapest Amusement Park
City Park, Budapest
1977
Danube Promenade
Rock concert in Budapest
District 9, Budapest
Rock concert in Budapest
Rock concert in Budapest
Rock concert in Budapest
Rock concert in Budapest
Rock concert in Budapest
Mihálkovics Housing Project, Budapest
Mihálkovics Housing Project, Budapest
Rock concert in Budapest
Rock concert in Budapest
Rock concert in Budapest
Rock concert in Budapest
Rock concert in Budapest
Rock concert in Budapest
Rock concert in Budapest
1980
Budapest
Undated photographs
Budapest
Győr
Hunyadi Square
Budapest
Budapest
Budapest Dog Exhibition
Engels Square (today’s Erzsébet Square), Budapest
Budapest
Budapest
Klauzál Square, Budapest
Garay Square, Budapest
Lenin Roundabout (today’s Erzsébet Roundabout and Teréz Roundabout), Budapest
Váci Street
Budapest
Budapest
Circus (Kodály Circus), Budapest
Budapest
Market in Budapest
Széchenyi Thermal Bath, Budapest
Budapest
Budapest
Budapest
Kunsthalle
“Búcsú” (village festival)
District 5, Budapest
Váci Street
Great Market Hall, Budapest
Museum of Fine Arts, Budapest
Circus (Kodály Circus), Budapest
Hunyadi Square, Budapest
Budapest
Budapest
Lajos Kossuth Street, Budapest
Hunyadi Square, Budapest
dr. Lővey Endre
Klauzál Square, Budapest
Budapest
Lenin Roundabout (today’s Erzsébet Roundabout and Teréz Roundabout), Budapest
Lajos Kossuth Street, Budapest
Danube bank, Budapest
Downtown Budapest
Poland
Budapest
Budapest
Budapest
Budapest Quay
City Park, Budapest
Mester Street, Budapest
Danube bank, Budapest
Budapest subway
Váci Street, Budapest
