Lehel Fuchs

(1959, Budapest)

He started his career as a painter, and after several solo exhibitions his attention turned to film and photography. He has been continually making short features and documentaries since 1988. Between 1997 and 2000 he created a cultural magazine titled Almanach on Duna TV, which he directed and cinematographed. He is the founder and arts director of the Szellemkép [Phantom View] periodical and publishing house and the Szellemkép Free School. He is the author of numerous books on photography. He has been a teacher of visual language, photography and film studies for 35 years. His album titled Faluváros [Villagetown] was published in 2009. He is a member of the Association of Hungarian Journalists, the Association of Hungarian Photographers, and the Association of Hungarian Creative Artists. After 25 years spent primarily educating and launching the careers of young photographers, he has returned to his own creative work with renewed intensity over the past seven years. He won the art grants of the National Cultural Fund of Hungary between 2018 and 2020, which provided support for his photography and painting work. In 2020, he had a comprehensive exhibition at the Hungarian Museum of Photography, and his photographs have been regularly on display both in Hungary and abroad.