Photo-Graphic Exhibition About Our Heritage
In the presence of the artist and a select audience, the opening of the exhibition by photographer Kocsis Csaba from Berettyóújfalu, Hungary, took place at the AIEFA Exhibition Centre, in the “Matei Stegerean” Gallery. Entitled “Our Heritage”, the exhibition was organised by the “Euro Foto Art” International Association (AIEFA), in partnership with Summit Agro Romania. It brings together 40 black-and-white and colour photo-graphic works created in Berettyóújfalu, Budapest, Debrecen, Győr, Kisvárda, Szekszárd and Szolnok, Hungary, as well as in Oradea, Romania. The works were produced using special techniques through which the photographed image is processed and complemented with graphic elements. The audience attending the event was welcomed by photographer Ștefan Tóth István, AFIAP, ESFIAP, Hon. EFIAP, who praised the artistic quality of the exhibits, stating: “This exhibition demonstrates the complexity of photographic art and the many possibilities of visual expression available to creators working with light. The exhibiting photographer has shown us how harmonious a creation can be when both graphic art and photography are present. By combining these two genres of visual art, these exceptional works of great artistic value were born.” Dr Eng. Dorin Popa, representative of Summit Agro Romania, emphasised the special atmosphere of the opening, whose central figure was present not only through highly valuable artistic photographs that bring our heritage to the forefront, but also through a musical and vocal performance. He also noted that Summit Agro Romania supports projects of such high artistic quality. Poet and editor Szűcs László presented the exhibited works and emphasised in his speech, delivered in both Hungarian and Romanian: “In these compositions, visual planes seem to overlap, much like the way history has placed different peoples and religious denominations within the same geographical space. The exhibition is both a call to preserve the memory of the tragedies of the past and a plea for the diversity that defines our shared heritage, while also offering a clear-eyed confrontation with the inexorable passage of time.” During the opening, the exhibiting photographer explained: “I have been working for twenty years on a project entitled ‘Synagogues in Central Europe’, from which the present exhibition was created. Here, in the Carpathian Basin, many different peoples have lived; anyone who is curious about their roots might even discover that they are ‘one per cent Indian’. Our culture contains Roma, Hungarian, Turkish, Romanian, Armenian and Jewish elements,” the exhibiting photographer stated. The musical interludes were performed by the exhibiting photographer himself, who sang in Hungarian and accompanied himself on guitar. He performed “Föl-földobott kő” (“The Stone Thrown Up”) by Endre Ady, “Amikor egyszer nagy leszek” (“Someday, When I Grow Up”) by Annamária Kinde, and “Harminc esztendő a Gongban” (“Thirty Years at the Gong”) by Tibor Balázs. In Romanian, he performed “Plouă, plouă, frumos și liniștit picură” (“It Is Raining, It Is Raining, Beautifully and Quietly the Raindrops Fall”) by Andrii Popa. The exhibition will remain open until 17 August 2026 and may be visited free of charge on working days between 8:00 a.m. and 4:00 p.m. For those unable to visit the gallery in person, the entire collection of works is available on AIEFA’s official website: https://eurofotoart.ro/efa-galeria-matei-stegerean/expo-kocsis-csaba-hu-mostenirea-noastra-culturala/ With the aim of bringing art closer to the community, the “Euro Foto Art” Association is continuing its successful partnership with the local public transport operator OTL SA. The exhibited works will therefore be displayed on screens inside Oradea’s public transport vehicles. Through this innovative initiative, artistic photography moves beyond the conventional boundaries of the gallery, accompanying passengers through the rhythms of everyday life and transforming an ordinary urban journey into a discreet and authentic encounter with visual culture.
Photos from the opening
Exhibited photographs
