Zoltan Gyulai

- Conceptual Documentary -

Who am I to tell you who am I?

Definitely a traveller through time and space.
This is my favourite planet as this is the only piece of rock across the Universe where the natives play music. Or take photographs. Don’t forget: color is non-existent, it only happens in humans’ minds. Music? Same story.

Although I have been fidgeting with analogue technology for years, most of my images are taken with digital cameras. Do I miss my Plaubel Peco Junior 6x9 cm cardan film camera? A lot.

Most of my images are found somewhere out in nature or on the streets. I don’t create scenes and I don’t change image elements in Photoshop. Do I enjoy if other artists do it? You betcha. I just don’t. Could I? Maybe. Will I? Who am I to answer this question?

My images are representations and alterations of seemingly unimportant pieces of reality from where I could extract a tiny bit of happiness.
A piece of grass in gegenlicht against a metal structure. A shine of light on the riverbank. Mountain mist. Light. Shadow. Colors. Tones. Structures. Tonality. Rhythm. Crossbreeds of all these. Structures created with or against these non-existent phenomena. Did I say they only exist in our minds?

I am so much ...

Some say I am a digital printing professional for nearly 30 years. Some say I am an aspiring artist. I got stuck between two worlds, stuck between the old school craftsmanship of Ansel Adams and the fast changing world a millennial.
A soul stuck in time and space - with a purpose. I do give advice to art school students occasionally on digital image processing. Now it’s time for me to put my work to the ultimate test. Time for me to ask you to judge me.

Group Exhibition of Forrásvíz: 2005