{"product_id":"gergely-papp-1938-1963-ecsegfalva-hungary","title":"Gergely Papp: 1938-1963 Ecsegfalva, Hungary","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003eEnigmatic Hungarian photographer Gergely Papp (1922–2000) was born into a peasant family, on a farmstead in Pusztaecseg (now Ecsegfalva) in Eastern Hungary. He would live there for the rest of his life. In 1938, Papp learned the mechanics of photography from his brother and took to depicting life in the village: christenings, harvests, hunting, weddings, funerals and much more. Papp documented provincial life in Hungary before and throughout World War II, the communist regime and failed 1956 revolution. He eventually stopped taking photographs in early 1963. Distressed by the forced nationalisation of the family’s land, Papp went out, cut down his fruit trees and took a final self-portrait in the remains. The life and work of Gergely Papp was little known until his images were encountered by Hungarian art historian Tibor Miltenyi in the 1990s, shortly before Papp’s death. While much of Papp’s archive was destroyed by local vandals, the Archive of Modern Conflict has acquired the few surviving negatives; many appear here, published for the first time.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThe Archive of Modern Conflict is an organisation dedicated to the collection and preservation of vernacular photographs, objects, artefacts, curiosities, and ephemera. Founded in 1991, the archive began as a collection of photographs relating to war and conflict but has since expanded its remit to become the vast and thematically diverse repository it is today.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003ePublished by Archive of Modern Conflict\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eSoftcover\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003e128 pages\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003e160 x 230 mm\u003cbr\u003eISBN 9780995185548\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Archive of Modern Conflict","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":52635533312331,"sku":null,"price":35.0,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/2538\/3478\/files\/GergelyPapp_Cover.webp?v=1761048202","url":"https:\/\/www.thelibraryproject.ie\/it\/products\/gergely-papp-1938-1963-ecsegfalva-hungary","provider":"The Library Project","version":"1.0","type":"link"}