Arion Gabor Kudasz – Memorabilia

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Photographer: Arion Gabor Kudasz (born, Hungary and resides in Budapest)

Publisher: Magyar Fotografusok Haza Nonprofit Kft (Hungary)

Essays: Arion Gabor Kudasz, Gabriella Uhl, Emese Kudasz

Text: Hungarian, English

Stiffcover book, sewn naked binding, four-color lithography, printed in Budapest, with poster

Photobook designer: Nora Demeczky

Notes: A complex and layered personal photographic project that investigates the memory of his mother, which in turn becomes an investigation on the act and process of attempting to capture a memory. One layer is the process of documenting what remains; the objects, places and traces of a person who has passed. Another layer is attempting to understand if these subtle traces can hold and/or trigger memories? Still another layer; if and for whom will these memories occur?

The photographs are printed on an in-expensive paper stock with a low contrast printing process and are in a documentary style, abet, resembling a catalog or inventory of objects. There are no captions with the pages although a listing of some notes are located at the conclusion of the book. The significance of each of the objects photographed remains a mystery, thus allowing the viewer to construct a personal narrative from the evidence provided.

For me, this is a book that is heavily infused with melancholy. When you are old enough, you live beyond your grandparent’s lifetime and then one day even your own parents. I am emotional touched by this photobook, a wonderful combination of photographs and words/text that is a talisman for my own family’s memories. This photobook is also a gentle reminder to not take your friends and family for granted, as time is relentless and at sometime all too soon you have only memories.

Best regards

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