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HU OSA 440-1-1 Regime Change in Hungary. Photo Documentation by Éva Kapitány
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Regime Change in Hungary. Photo Documentation by Éva Kapitány
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Date(s)
1987 - 2005
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280 Film roll (35mm), 8.4 linear meters
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Administrative / Biographical history

Éva Kapitány started her photography career in the mid-1980s as an ardent documenter of demonstrations, protests to show what never appeared in or contradicted the official press. In 1987 she set up her own archive the POL-ARCH which includes her own photographs as well as posters, flyers and badges she collected throughout the 1980s.

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Black and white photographs documenting the late 1980s and the transition from a one-party dictatorship into a multi-party democracy in Hungary.

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<p>Several thousands of black and white photos from 1988 to 1994 documenting demonstrations on March 15, June 16, October 23; against the imprisonment of Vaclav Havel; and the Gabcikovo-Nagymaros Danube dam in the late 1980s. The series includes the plot 301 where the exhumation of Imre Nagy and the other martyrs took place, as well as the first rallies of the newly (re)established parties, such as the Hungarian Democratic Forum, the Independent Small Holders' Party, the Social Democratic Party of Hungary, the Network of Free Initiatives, the Alliance of Young Democrats, the Alliance of Free Democrats. There are photographs of the delegations to the Oppositional Roundtable Negotiations - the engine of the peaceful regime change. Kapitány also captured the urban landscape with a focus on Communist era memorials and statues - and the removal thereof - graffiti, election posters and business signs.Much of the series is a valuable counterpart to other OSA collections such as the video recordings of Black Box (HU OSA 305), and the Tibor Philipp Collection (HU OSA 362).</p>
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Expected
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Not Restricted
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Third party rights are to be cleared.
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The 35 mm negatives, together with the copyright are retained by Éva Kapitány. The scanned images can be freely browsed on OSA's website.

Blinken OSA Archivum at Central European University
  • Opening Hours:
    Monday-Friday 10AM-5:45PM
  • Telephone:
    +36-1-327-3250
  • Address:
    H-1051 Budapest, Arany János u. 32.
  • E-mail:
    archivum@ceu.edu
HU OSA 440-1-1 Regime Change in Hungary. Photo Documentation by Éva Kapitány
BookIconSeries Description
Context
Hierarchy
Statistics
Folders / Items
Identity Statement
Title
Regime Change in Hungary. Photo Documentation by Éva Kapitány
Identity Statement
Date(s)
1987 - 2005
Identity Statement
Description Level
Series
Identity Statement
Extent and medium (processed)
280 Film roll (35mm), 8.4 linear meters
Context
Administrative / Biographical history

Éva Kapitány started her photography career in the mid-1980s as an ardent documenter of demonstrations, protests to show what never appeared in or contradicted the official press. In 1987 she set up her own archive the POL-ARCH which includes her own photographs as well as posters, flyers and badges she collected throughout the 1980s.

Content and structure
Scope and content (abstract)

Black and white photographs documenting the late 1980s and the transition from a one-party dictatorship into a multi-party democracy in Hungary.

Content and structure
Scope and content (narrative)
<p>Several thousands of black and white photos from 1988 to 1994 documenting demonstrations on March 15, June 16, October 23; against the imprisonment of Vaclav Havel; and the Gabcikovo-Nagymaros Danube dam in the late 1980s. The series includes the plot 301 where the exhumation of Imre Nagy and the other martyrs took place, as well as the first rallies of the newly (re)established parties, such as the Hungarian Democratic Forum, the Independent Small Holders' Party, the Social Democratic Party of Hungary, the Network of Free Initiatives, the Alliance of Young Democrats, the Alliance of Free Democrats. There are photographs of the delegations to the Oppositional Roundtable Negotiations - the engine of the peaceful regime change. Kapitány also captured the urban landscape with a focus on Communist era memorials and statues - and the removal thereof - graffiti, election posters and business signs.Much of the series is a valuable counterpart to other OSA collections such as the video recordings of Black Box (HU OSA 305), and the Tibor Philipp Collection (HU OSA 362).</p>
Content and structure
Accruals
Expected
Conditions of access and use
Conditions governing access
Not Restricted
Conditions of access and use
Conditions governing reproduction
Third party rights are to be cleared.
Conditions of access and use
Physical characteristics and technical requirements

The 35 mm negatives, together with the copyright are retained by Éva Kapitány. The scanned images can be freely browsed on OSA's website.

Blinken OSA Archivum at Central European University
  • Opening Hours:
    Monday-Friday 10AM-5:45PM
  • Telephone:
    +36-1-327-3250
  • Address:
    H-1051 Budapest, Arany János u. 32.
  • E-mail:
    archivum@ceu.edu