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György Gáti
(Budapest, 1954 –) is a Hungarian visual artist.
Table of contents
1 Life
2 Positions held in the press
3 Solo exhibitions
4 Major group exhibitions
5 Major awards
6 Books – publications – catalogues
7 Book illustrations
8 Album covers
9 Other significant works, publications
10 Writings on photography
11 Scholarships
12 Other artistic fields
13 External links
Life
After graduating from the Práter Street Technical College of Photography, he joined Új Tükör as an intern, where he began his career as a press photographer. He has been working as an independent photographer since 2001, and his works can be seen in solo and group exhibitions. He has won numerous competitions and scholarships. (2003 André Kertész Scholarship, 2004 HUNGART Scholarship). On March 15, 2009, he was awarded the Rudolf Balogh Prize by the Minister of Education and Culture of the Republic of Hungary. In 2018, he received the Golden Pen Lifetime Achievement Award from the National Association of Hungarian Journalists, and in 2019, the mayor of Újbuda awarded him the Pro Cultura Újbuda Prize.
" Some people have to travel to exotic places or risk their lives on the front lines to find interesting topics. Gáti goes down to the store and finds them on the way."– Bertalan Csala
Positions held in the press
He was an intern at Új Tükör alongside Éva Keleti and Tamás Farkas. He was then placed at the Photo Service of the Lapkiadó Vállalat publishing company in 1980, and a year later he worked for the monthly magazine Szabadidő Magazin. From there, in 1982, he moved to the trade journal Erdőgazdaság Faipar. From then until 2002, he worked as a correspondent and photographer for the daily newspaper Magyar Hírlap as a permanent external contributor. In 1984, he became a photojournalist for Pesti Műsor, from where he moved to Karate Magazine in 1986 to work as a photographer and photo editor. In 1989, he worked as a photo editor and photojournalist for the newspaper Országgyűlési Tudósítások. Between 1989 and 1990, he was a correspondent for the Sygma photo agency in Budapest, and in 1998, he was appointed editor-in-chief of CyberEst.
1978 Új Tükör – intern
1980 Lapkiadó Vállalat Fotószolgálat – photojournalist
1981 Szabadidő Magazin – photojournalist
1982 Erdőgazdaság Faipar – photojournalist
1982-2002 Magyar Hírlap – permanent external contributor
1984 Pesti Műsor – photo editor – photojournalist
1986 Karate Magazine – photo editor – photojournalist
1989 Országgyűlési Tudósítások – photo editor – photojournalist
1989-1990 Sygma – correspondent
1998 CyberEst – editor-in-chief
Solo exhibitions
His first solo exhibition was organized by the Taurus Cultural Center with the help of cartoonist László Kertész N. In 1986, the MÚOSZ headquarters provided space for his exhibition entitled “JAZZ POP ROCK...”.
In 1989, his exhibition entitled ÍGY ÜLTÖK TI (This is how you sit), whose pictures were taken in the Parliament Building, was displayed on the walls of the Péter Pál Gallery in Szentendre and opened by László Földes Hobo. In 2001, he organized an exhibition entitled FIATALFA / YOUNGTREE at the Nero M5 Alfa Romeo showroom. (It was opened by photo historian Klára Szarka and journalist and editor-in-chief András Földvári).
His exhibition entitled FŐVÁMHÁZ (Main Customs House), which was opened by Attila Chikán, rector of the University of Economics, was hosted by the Sóház in 2002. In the same year, the exhibition entitled SZABADSÁG-HÍD (Freedom Bridge) was presented at the Flamenco Hotel by Mayor Gyula Molnár, and the following year, Klára Szarka presented the exhibition entitled A HÍD – RÉSZLETEK (The Bridge – Details) at the Raiffeisen Gallery. Also in 2003, the Soós Gallery invited the exhibition ELSŐ VÁLOGATÁS (FIRST SELECTION) to Mohács.
Demeter Balla and Zsolt Hegyi selected the material for the online exhibition FRANCIA KAPCSOLAT (FRENCH CONNECTION), which Gáti had created the previous year in France with the help of the André Kertész scholarship he had won. In 2005, he organized the exhibition ELEVEN (11) COLORS at the Karinthy Salon in Budapest. In Leányfalu, his photographs taken in connection with the film Konyec, entitled “This is how you shoot,” were displayed on the walls of the Village House. Iván Andrassew gave the opening speech here.
In 2007, he was invited for the first time to the Kapolcs Valley of Arts, where the audience could view his material entitled TITKOS VISZONYOK (Secret Relationships) at the Teleház in Taliándörögd. The following year, he exhibited in Kapolcs, at the Falumalom, under the title VÖLGY-ESTÉK (Valley Evenings). In 2008, the Foto Mozaik Gallery showed his photos in an online exhibition entitled WINDOWS 2008. In 2009, he accepted an invitation from MÜPA and curator Éva Hajdú, together with Ferenc Markovics, to exhibit their joint work entitled MA/GÁT FOTÓZTÁK (They Photographed MA/GÁT).
In the summer of the same year, he photographed in Ustron, Poland, the twin town of Újbuda. He exhibited the photos taken there at the Karinthy Salon in Újbuda under the title SZENT PÉTER TENYERÉN – USTRONI ANZIXOK (On St. Peter's Palm – Ustron Anzioks). Art historian Ildikó D. Udvary praised the exhibition at the opening.
He spent the winter of 2010 in Finland as the winner of a competition, as a delegate of the Hungarian National Museum's Historical Photo Archive, and at the invitation of The Centre of Creative Photography in Jyväskylä. That summer, a selection of the photos taken there were displayed in the exhibition hall of the Teleház in Taliándörögd as part of the Valley of Arts event, entitled EMIGRANTS TOUCHED EUROPE.
In 2010, he had his first solo exhibition abroad: Galleria Harmonia in Jyväskylä hosted his exhibition GÁTI/KAPA, created in collaboration with Martti Kapanen. As part of the same project, he was invited by Lucia Benicka, director of Dom Fotografie in Liptovský Mikuláš, to participate in a joint exhibition with Petra Cepková entitled STORIES AND HANDS.
In 2011, he received another invitation to Jyväskylä, where his landscape exhibition “FINLANDSCAPES” was displayed on the walls of Galleria Harmonia.
In the summer of 2010, with the help of Tamás Török, an exhibition of 65 large-scale photographs entitled ÉRZÉK – KÉPEK AZ ANTROPOSZFÉRÁBÓL (SENSATION – IMAGES FROM THE ANTHROPOSPHERE) was created in the Budapest Exhibition Hall of the Budapest Gallery. It was opened by critic Miklós Fáy and museum director Péter Baki, with Mariann Falusi singing.
In 2015, as part of a series of events celebrating 100-year-old houses, the basement exhibition FÉNYFELTÁRÁS (Light Discovery) was created in the basement of an apartment building in Újbuda with the curatorial support of Géza Boros. (Title: Eszter Saródy)
In 2017, the relationship established with Zsófi Faur in Taliándörögd in 2007 matured into an exhibition, and “NEKEM VALÓ VILÁG” (A WORLD FOR ME) was held at the Zsófi Faur Gallery in Budapest. Here, Oscar-winning film director Kristóf Deák spoke about Gáti's works.
In 2019, he participated in a joint exhibition with painter Dénesh Ghyczy entitled PANORAMIC VISION, which was opened by writer Péter Gerőcs, followed by his solo exhibition REVISION.
In 2020, under the title “BUDAPEST-KÉPEK” (BUDAPEST IMAGES), the B32 Gallery in Újbuda, in collaboration with Nézőművészeti Kft., created an exhibition and a stage performance combined with a screening, by members of the Young Writers' Association, presenting works written about the works of György Gáti.
In September 2020, the Artphoto Gallery opened the exhibition TÜKRÖM-TÜKRÖM / MIRROR, MIRROR – KRONSTADT exhibition opened at the Artphoto Gallery, which was opened by Russianist András Soproni and showcased Gáti's cultural anthropological material photographed during his month-long residency in St. Petersburg, Russia, in 2014, on special acrylic photos.
In 2022, he held another solo exhibition entitled POSITIVE at the Faur Zsófi Gallery in Budapest. "The human figures hidden in his paintings, the exciting shapes and unusual textures generate deeper philosophical and sociological associations. Although the paintings were created in different places and at different times, thanks to the exhibition design, they are connected to each other and take on entirely new meanings. Thus, the absurdities and problems of today's world are revealed to us behind the seemingly simple choice of subject matter and the minimalist visual tools," writes INDEX Nagykép about the exhibition.
In 2023, the Újbuda Gallery hosted the exhibition UPWARDS / UPWARDS exhibition, which art historian Szonja Szurop described in her opening speech as “Gáti transforms familiar urban motifs into a sacred aesthetic experience, which is an artistic representation of the universal hierarchy.”
November 2024 marks an important milestone in Gáti's career: he hung his PASSAGE material on the walls of the B32 Gallery, a selection of works from the last two years, which, in contrast to his previous purely photographic works, are more photo-based, colourful works of fine art.
In July 2025, as a continuation of PASSAGE, he will take his new exhibition entitled NEONBAROCK to Stuttgart, which was created as a result of the sister city relationship between ÚJBUDA and Stuttgart, at the Amtsgericht Gallery in Bad Cannstatt, Stuttgart.
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"... this is refined puritanism. Gáti uses depth of field and cropping to manipulate space, but in the same way as an instrument. He cuts out small pieces and reveals the insect-like perspective of individuals on the ‘big and strange’ outside world. "
György Jerovetz (Magyar Narancs, 29 July 2010)
"His latest series also testifies to a kind of change of perspective, to freedom and the joy of unclouded creation. His previously taut, consciously composed, visually powerful photographs now appear layered on top of each other, reinforcing, extending or even reducing each other according to the artist's intention reduced, in the form of unique universes. This is a patient game with technique, where both patience and playfulness are inherent in Gáti's working method, but the creative process transcends the entertaining superficiality of “play” and induces a deeper interpretation. Unlike his earlier imaging practice, this gives rise to an even more painterly reality, where the creator takes a more active part in the creation of new worlds.
B. Tier Noémi (Photography, 2024/3, 19.10.2024)
List of solo exhibitions
1978 “Photo: György Gáti” Taurus Cultural Center – Budapest
1986 “Jazz Pop Rock...” M Ú O SZ Headquarters
1989 “This is how you sit...” Péter-Pál Gallery, Szentendre
2001 “FIATALFA” Alfa Romeo Salon, Budapest
2002 “A FŐVÁMHÁZ” Budapest University of Economics and Public Administration – Sóház
2002 “A Szabadság híd”, Flamenco Hotel – Budapest
2003 “A híd – részletek”, Raiffeisen Gallery – Budapest
2003 “First Selection”, Soós Gallery – Mohács
2004 “French Connection”, Virtual exhibition – Origo Gallery
2005 “ELEVEN (11) COLORS”, Karinthy Salon – Budapest
2007 “This Is How You Shoot” – Konyec-werk Photos – Village House and Library – Leányfalu
2007 “SECRET RELATIONSHIPS” Telehouse, Valley of Arts, Taliándörögd
2008 “VALLEY EVENINGS” Village Mill – Kapolcs
2008 “Windows 2008” Virtual exhibition – Foto Mozaik Gallery
2009 “MA/GÁT FOTÓZTÁK” joint exhibition with Ferenc Markovics – Palace of Arts – Budapest
2009 “On Saint Peter’s Palm – Ustroni Anzixok” Karinthy Salon – Budapest
2010 “Europe Touched by Emigrants” Valley of Arts, Teleház – Taliándörögd
2010 “GÁTI / KAPA” joint exhibition with Martti Kapanen Galleria Harmonia – Jyväskylä
2010 “ÉRZÉK. – Images from the Anthroposphere” – Budapest Gallery, Budapest Exhibition Hall – Budapest
2010 “Stories and Hands” joint exhibition with Petra Cepková – Dom Fotografie – Liptovsky Mikulás (SK)
2011 “FINLANDSCAPES” – Galleria Gloria – Jyväskylä (FI)
2015 “Light Exploration” – Cellar Gallery – Budapest, Karinthy Frigyes út 24.
2017 “A World for Me” – Faur Zsófi Gallery – Budapest
2019 “PANORAMIC VISION” joint exhibition with painter Dénesh Ghyczy – Faur Zsófi Gallery – Budapest
2019 “REVISION” – Faur Zsófi Gallery – Budapest
2020 “Budapest Images” B32 Gallery – in collaboration with Nézőművészeti Kft.
2020 "Mirror, Mirror – Kronstadt – Artphoto Gallery, Budapest
2022 “Positive”, Zsófi Faur Gallery, Budapest
2023 “Upward” Újbuda Gallery, Budapest
2024 “PASSAGE – Abandoned Surfaces” – B32 Gallery, Budapest
2025 “NEONBAROCK – Stuttgart Edition” – Galerie im Amtsgericht Bad Cannstatt – Stuttgart
Major group exhibitions
2002 “Press Photo 2001” – Museum of Ethnography – Budapest
2003 “Press Photo 2002” – Museum of Ethnography – Budapest
2004 “Press Photo 2003” – Museum of Ethnography – Budapest 2006 “Bartók House” – Palace of Arts and Duna Gallery – Budapest
2006 Exhibition of HUNGART scholarship holders – Olof Palme House – Budapest
2007 “Hommage á Alpár Ignác” – 100 years of Vajdahunyadvár – Budapest
2007 Exhibition of the Photography Department of the Hortobágy International Artists' Colony – Debrecen – Arany Bika Hotel
2008 “More Eyes See More” – F. Markovics – A. Cserba – Gy. Gáti – Cserba Villa – Budapest
2008 “Press Photo 2007” – National Museum – Budapest
2008 “Where is happiness these days?” 9th ARC exhibition – Ötvenhatosok Square – Budapest
2008 Exhibition of the Photography Department of the Hortobágy International Artists' Colony – Debrecen – Arany Bika Hotel
2008 “AK 12” André Kertész Scholarship Exhibition – Balassi Institute – Budapest, Hungarian Cultural Institute – Paris
2008 “Camera Obscura – Contemporary Dark Rooms” – Mai Manó House – Budapest
2009 “AK 12” André Kertész Scholarship Holders Exhibition – Hungarian Cultural Institute – Prague / Bratislava
2009 “Press Photo 2008” – National Museum – Budapest
2009 “PIXRAEL” – Gödör – Budapest
2009 “RESTART” 10th ARC Exhibition – Ötvenhatosok Square – Budapest
2009 “XI. Exhibition of State Art Award Winners” Hungarian House of Creative Artists – Budapest
2009 “Danube in the Danube” – Danube Gallery – Budapest
2010 “Machines of the Past” – Vajdahunyad Castle – Budapest
2010 “SETSE – Seeing Europe Through Stranger's Eyes” – Centre Loris Malaguzzi – Reggio Emilia
2010 “MAOE – 65 photos” – Duna Gallery – Budapest
2011 “Bartók House – Bartók's World” Klebelsberg Kulturkúria – Budapest
2011 “Sweet Twos” Hungarian Creative Artists' House – Budapest
2013 “Soaring Eyes” Transport Museum – Budapest
2013 “Moments in Vásárhely” Tornyai János Museum – Hódmezõvásárhely
2013 “Self-portrait with...” National Dance Theatre – Budapest
2013 “Budapest Immersion” New Budapest Gallery (Bálna) – Budapest
2013 “Contemporary Projected Images” Capa Center – Budapest
2014 “Hommage Lucien Hervé” – Alföldi Gallery – Hódmezővásárhely and Art IX-XI Gallery, Budapest
2014 “International Sculpture Symposium” – Art Penza – Russia
2014 “Summer Exhibition” – Karinthy Salon – Budapest
2014 “House Games” – Jyväskylä (FI)
2015 “The Light” – MANK Gallery – Szentendre
2015 “Harmony” Art Mill – Szentendre
2015 “Underground” – MUOSZ Headquarters – Budapest
2016 "Images and Pixels, Photography – and Beyond | National Salon 2016 – Műcsarnok, Budapest
2016 “Underground” – Eötvös 10 – Budapest
2016 “Spring Exhibition” – Gál Imre Gallery – Pesterzsébet – Budapest
2016 “National Cultural Fund Creative Exhibition” – Várkert Bazár – Budapest
2016 “With the Intention to Improve” – Klebelsberg Kultúrkúria – Budapest
2016 “Face–BOOM” – Várkert Bazár – Budapest
2017 “Subject” – Budapest Photo Festival – Várkert Bazár
2017 “Citylife” – Photo Street Festival – BPF – Nagymező Street, Budapest
2017 “Patina” – Alföldi Gallery – Hódmezővásárhely / Bartók1 Gallery – Budapest
2017 “Debrecen Doors” Magda Szabó Memorial Exhibition, MODEM – Debrecen
2017 “Magda Szabó” Memorial Exhibition, Hungarian Academy in Rome, Rome
2017 “Civilized Landscape” – Újpest Gallery – Budapest
2018 “LÁTKÉP” – Hungarian Photography of the Past Half Century 1967-2017, Capa Center, Budapest
2018 “Interactions” Klebelsberg Kulturkúria – Budapest
2018 “Quietly / Contemporary Hungarian Still Life”, Budapest Photo Festival, Kiscelli Museum
2019 “Perspectives” / Contemporary Hungarian Landscape", Budapest Photo Festival, Kiscelli Museum
2019 “Fleeting Reality”, ÚjMűhely Gallery, Szentendre
2020 “Locked Realities – Photos from a New World Order”, B32 Gallery, Budapest
2020 Közért-bár, Káptalantóti
2020 One Artist – One Designer, Faur Zsófi Gallery, Budapest
2021 “Come Out into the Light!” B32 Gallery, Budapest
2021 “Images of Light”, II. National Salon of Photographic Art, Műcsarnok, Budapest
2021 “Visiting the Lord” – Hungarian Museum of Trade and Hospitality, Budapest *
2021 “Magical Reality” – ArtMarket, Bálna, Budapest
2021 “20 Years, 20 Stories, 20 Artists” – Faur Zsófi Gallery, Budapest
2021 “In Memoriam Joseph Beuys” – Contemporary Gallery, Tatabánya
2021 “HORIZONT” – MAOE exhibition, REÖK Palace, Szeged **
2021 “LIFE/IMAGE” – Budapest Photo Festival exhibition, Kiscelli Museum, Budapest
2021 “Outside for Me, Inside for Me” Faur Zsófi Gallery, Budapest
2021 “Mastercard 20/21” – online literary and visual arts project, Könyvesmagazin
2021 “The Birth of Patience” Debrecen, Kálmáncsehi Gallery
2022 “Visiting the Lord” Szeged Cathedral Visitor Center
2022 “Petőfi Living with Us” MANK Gallery, Szentendre
2022 “Photo Triptych” Szentendre, ÚjMűhely Gallery
2022 “Triptych” Kákonyi Asztrik Contemporary Gallery, Esztergom
2023 "In Memoriam Móricz-Sabján Simon, Einspach Fine Art & Photography, Budapest
2024 “Geometry” – Exhibition of the MAOE Photography Department – Gál Imre Gallery – Pesterzsébet – Budapest
2024 “Symbolism Living with Us” – Exhibition of the MAOE Photography Department – Klebelsberg Kultúrkúria / Youth Center – New Gallery – Budapest
* Second Prize
** MAOE Professional Award
Major awards
1978 Pécs National Photo Competition: Special Prize for PHOTOGRAPHY
1984 Lapkiadó Vállalat Quality Award
1986 Album Cover of the Year
2002 Press Photo 2001 Competition – Third Prize
2002 Raiffeisen Bank Competition – 2nd Prize and Best Collection Award
2003 Press Photo 2002 Competition – Three 2nd Prizes
2003 Raiffeisen Bank Competition – 3rd Prize
2003 Raiffeisen Bank Competition – Audience Award
2004 Press Photo 2003 competition, 3rd prize
2004 Mediawave Humor-Black Humor international competition, 2nd prize and Special Creative Prize
2009 Rudolf Balogh Prize
2009 PIXRAEL photo competition, 3rd prize
2011 Hungarian Press Photo Competition Third Prize
2017 European Capital of Culture 2023 Debrecen Photo Competition Grand Prize
2018 Golden Pen Lifetime Achievement Award (National Association of Hungarian Journalists)
2019 Pro Cultura Újbuda Award
2021 Professional Award of the National Association of Hungarian Creative Artists
2023 Miklós Radnóti Anti-Racism Award
Books – publications – catalogues
2001 Photos of the Year
2002 UTÓIRAT – Post Scriptum – Changing Hungary
2002 NKÖM Tárcatükör
2002 Photos of the Year
2002 The Main Customs House
2003 Photos of the Year
2003 Beautiful in Pairs
2003 The Bridge – Details
2006 MAOE 10
2006 Bartók House
2007 Hommage á Alpár Ignác
2007 Lights and Facts
2008 AK 12
2009 Photos of the Year
BOOKS
SENSES – SINNE – SENS – Images from the Anthroposphere
Text: Miklós Fáy and Klára Szarka 2012 Gáti Photo Studio, Budapest 124 p. Hung, Eng, Ger, Fr.
GÁTI & KAPA
György Gáti & Martti Kapanen Text: Kimmo Lehtonen 2012 Centre of Creative Photography, Jyväskylä 50 p. Fin, Eng
MY VIRTUAL REALITY
Contemporary Hungarian Photography, 12. Text: Bálint Ferenczy 2019 Faur Zsófi Gallery and Publishing House 64 p. Hun, Eng
Book illustrations
35 years, 35 artists (1980 Corvina)
And That's Boxing... LGT Story (1988)
Hobo Sapiens (ed. László Földes, 1989 Hirlapkiadó Vállalat and 2007 Cartaphilus Publishing House)
The Blockade (Képszerkesztő, 1990 Haas and Singer Publishing House)
Tovaris Keresztapa – (ed. Lihanov – Belih, 1991 Haas és Singer Publishing House)
Kardos László's Prison Writings (ed. Mária Pogány, 1994 Gondolat Publishing House)
Photography in the Feminine (ed. Klára Szarka, 2002 Balassi Publishing House)
A Century-Old Man – Lajos Tabák (ed. Klára Szarka, 2004 Noran Publishing House)
Lights and Facts (ed. Ferenc Markovics, 2006 MFSZ – Folpress Publishing House)
On the Wilder Side of the Road (ed. Tamás Rozsonits, 2008 EMI Music)
Album covers
Gáti, who was himself a trained musician and had been preparing for a career in music since the late 1970s, photographed bands and then, in the early 1980s, with the support of György Hegedűs, one of the busiest photographers at the Hanglemezgyár record label, began photographing album covers.
His first published work was the 1980 album Középeurópai Hobo Blues by the Hobo Blues Band, for which he took the group photo on the back cover. Two interesting features of the album are that the photographer appears in the middle of the group photo on a reflective surface and sings on several tracks as a member of the Középeurópai Kórus (Central European Choir). In 1981, he photographed the band KFT in the stairwell of the Hungarian Television headquarters on Szabadság Square for their single Tea / Nem sikerül Kikúrálnom magam (Tea / I Can't Get Myself Together).
His 1982 work was the concert photos for the insert of the Hobo Blues Band's album cover Oly sokáig voltunk lenn (We Were Down for So Long). He photographed the cover photos for György Korda's LP Nézz rám és énekeljünk (Look at Me and Let's Sing) at the Korda Villa.
In the same year, he took the cover photo for Miklós Galla's band GM49's single Kötöde.
In 1983, he photographed the cover of the Rajkó band's album and György Korda's album Nézz rám és énekeljünk (Look at Me and Let's Sing).
He then took a photo in front of a painted wall in Budapest's eighth district for László Komár's album Halványkék szemek (Light Blue Eyes). In 1984, he photographed the cover for LGT's giant single and the Hit band's album Oké.
He took the cover photo for the KFT band's album Bál az operában (Ball at the Opera) in the courtyard of the Kiscelli Museum, with concert photos of the band on the back cover. He photographed the album covers for the Kaláka band, Judit Szánti, Gyula Vikidál, and the Budapest Symphony Orchestra in 1985.
At the request of Gábor Presser, he photographed Sándor Révész's first solo album in 1985. After two photo shoots in unusual settings, a series of portraits taken in front of a white wall were ultimately used for the covers and inserts. He also participated in the studio recordings and sang backing vocals on four songs (Nem tudtam, hogy így fáj / Én és a francia lány / Ez a válasz / Sose repülj az angyalokkal) as a member of the HIP-HIP choir, which was formed for this occasion. The material, created in collaboration with graphic designer György Pálfi, won the Album Cover of the Year award in 1985.
He then chose an interesting location for the cover photo of the album Budapest Rákendroll, which also features songs written by Gábor Presser: his own apartment, where a rather unusual group of musicians gathered. István Faragó, Zorán, László Komár, Zsuzsa Rojkovich, Kriszta Kristály, Alfonzó, and Feró Nagy, who pretends to play Gáti Weltmeister's organ. Dolly Roll also appears in the photo, but they were not at home during the photo shoot, so graphic designer Péter Kozma montaged their image onto the back wall. (On the left side of the cover photo, the legs hanging off the brass bed belong to Presser...)
1986 saw the release of István Faragó Judy's album cover for Ezüst gitár (Silver Guitar).
In 1988, he created the back cover for László Komár's Elvis tribute album, and one of his concert photos of Attila Pataki was chosen for the cover of Edda's 7th album, Változó idők (Changing Times).
He was the still photographer for the huge summer TV productions in Szentendre, so he photographed the first recording of Tamás Cseh's concert Új Dalok (New Songs), and when he took the paper copies of the photos taken on the previous occasion to the second recording, Gáza Bereményi looked at them and said: Tamás, we have the album cover photos. Graphic designer György Pálfi transformed the photos into Polaroid-style copies and placed them on the cover in this form.
Three years later, the cover photo for his album Hobo Esztrád was similarly taken at the Hobo concert organized as part of the Szentendre television production directed by János Dömölky.
In 1996, KFT used four of the portraits from their first single on the front cover of their album Bábú Vagy.
Tamás Somló, a good friend of Gáti's, asked him to do the photography for his solo album Semmi Cirqsz in 1997.
He contributed an archive photo to KFT's album Édes Élet (Sweet Life).
He photographed the cover for György Markos's album Magam részéről (For My Part) in 1997, and then took photos for the album Tűzkarika (Fire Ring) in 1998.
Previous Gáti-KFT photos were used again for the KFT 25 (Jubileumi Válogatás 1981-2006) CD..
KFT
Hobo Blues Band
Edda
LGT
Sándor Révész
Tamás Cseh
László Komár
György Markos
Gyula Vikidál
György Korda
Tamás Somló
István Faragó Judy
Rajkó Band
Judit Szánti
Hit Band
Kaláka Band
Budapest Symphony Orchestra
Other notable works and publications
Still photography for numerous MTV and film productions – since 1980
Nass Chocolate Factory brochures – 1999
Biogal – TEVA 1997 calendar, annual report
Bábolna Rt. brochures – 2002
Political posters – 1998, 2002, 2006
Ilona Nádor photo exhibition (Vigadó Gallery) invitation, poster – 2002
Hungarian Photographers' Association Lifetime Achievement Award certificate design – 2003
Photo Month 2002–2004 poster, invitations
Páros – Páratlan exhibition catalog – 2004
Lajos Tabák exhibition (Széchényi Library) catalog – 2004
Stand photography for the film Konyec – 2006
United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) certificates, invitations – 2004 – 2005 – 2006
Photo montages for the article series entitled Yesterday – Magyar Hírlap – 2005 – 2006
Photographs for Klára Szarka's series of articles entitled Képolvasás-képteremtés (Image Reading – Image Creation) FotoMozaik 2007 – 2009
Photographs in the quarterly publication of MTI Fotós Szem (MTI Photographer's Eye) 2007 – 2009
Design of the Károly Hemző Award certificate 2014
Creation of photographic artworks as decorations for the press day celebrations of the Hungarian Journalists' Association 2022
Photographic writings
Alfissimo magazine – 2002
“Profi vagy amatőr?” (Professional or amateur?) study collection – 2002
Fotómozaik (Photo Mosaic) trade journal – 2005
Scholarships
NKA creative scholarship – 2002
André Kertész scholarship – 2003 (Paris)
HUNGART Scholarship – 2004
Budapest Gallery Scholarship – 2005 (Salzburg)
NKA Grant – 2007
NKA Grant – 2008
NKA Grant – 2009
Other artistic fields
Film role
Vipera “Zsuravljov” (dir.: Tamás Zilahy, comp.: László Zentay, starring: Ildikó Tóth, Ferenc Lengyel, etc.) 1985
Red Heat “Piano Player” (dir.: Walter Hill, comp.: Wolfgang Dickmann, starring: Arnold Schwarzenegger, James Belushi, etc.) 1986
Stalin (HBO) “Wedding Piano Player” (dir.: Ivan Passer, music: Vilmos Zsigmond, starring: Robert Duvall, Julia Ormond, Maximilian Schell, etc.) 1992
Konyec – The Last Check in the Cup “Fast Food Dispatcher Voice” (dir.: Gábor Rohonyi, comp.: Péter Szatmári, starring: Emil Keres, Teri Földi, Judit Schell, Zoltán Schmied, etc.) 2007
Prisoners “The voice of Gyula Michnai” (dir.: Kristóf Deák, comp.: Francisco Gózon, starring: Zsófia Szamosi, Eliza Sodró, Ferenc Lengyel, etc.) 2019
Vocals
Hobo Blues Band: Central European Hobo Blues – 1980
Sándor Révész – 1986
Allen Ginsberg – HBB: Howl – 1987
Voice
Radio Bridge jingles – 1998/1999
Géza Villám's advertising parodies – 1998/1999
Jaguar car TV commercials – 2003
Hyundai TV and radio commercials – 2004
Composition
The Taming of the Shrew (Vörösmarty Theatre, Székesfehérvár – 1998, dir.: Dezső Garas)
External links
http://www.gatifoto.hu
http://www.fotomuveszet.net/korabbi_szamok/201004/beszelgetes_gati_gyorgy_fotomuvesszel
The life of György Gáti on FotoKlik
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