András ARATÓ (Budapest, 1953 - ) photographer. Photography is a means through which the user creates the otherwise non-existing present time. Photography prepares documents irrespective of the person who prepares it in any area whatsoever. Consequently photography is a responsible occupation. The art of photography is distinguished form technical, medical, etc. photography, which is not a bit less important if usefulness is taken into account, that beyond the directly visible, it also mediates a message or a thought, and is intended for the public by its creator. That is why the creator’s moral liability is particularly important. Owing to the degree of technical development, from dagerotypia to digital imaging, the definition of the ethical minimum has recently become much more complicated. Perhaps today a bigger emphasis is laid on the obligation of veracity, the place of “real/true”. Member of the Association of Hungarian Photographers since 2006.

Kölcsey Ferenc Secondary Grammar School

Budapest University of Technology, Faculty of Civil Engineering 

Karl Marx University of Economics, Major: Main Contracting  

Mirror, Mirror, Budapest, 2016

Double Vision, Budapest, 2014

Freedom and Love, Budapest, 2011

Favourite Faces – Faces of My Favourites, Budapest, 2010

Post-Soviet Toy-Story and Other Stories, Budapest, 2008

Hungarian Writers, Artists, Directors, Saint Petersburg, 2007

Pannon Etudes, Moscow, 2007

Euro-Hungarian Standpoints and Perspectives, Ankara, 2004

Eurogondola, Budapest, 2003

Chapters, Komédium Gallery, Budapest, 2001

Never Again, Budaörs, 2015

Generations, Budapest, 2013

Regards Européen sur la France, Limassol, 2010

A European Glance at France, Dublin, 2008

Hungarian Press Photo, 2007, 2008, 2009

Variable Europe, Budapest, 2007

The first 24 hours in the European Union, Budapest, 2004

National Photo Saloon, Art Gallery, Budapest, 2001

Independent volumes:

Chapters, 2001.

Encyclopaedia With and Without Photos, 2005

Face Novels, 2008.

Picture Postcard from Siberia

Why Just Scandinavia? 2010

Past Has Started, 2012

Year of Gabriel, 2014.

Other publications: 

Photo Art, Sine  Morbo, Photographer’s Eyes, Digital Photo Magazine, Népszava, 168 hours, Photo Video, Professional Photo Magazine, Black and White