János Eifert - Photographer

Meghna Mukerjee: Dancing visuals and painterly images – Hindustan Times, 2008. április 10.

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India, Kolkata, Hindustan Times, 2008. április 10. A kiállításomat itt  Kalkuttában, az Academy of Fine Arts Gallery északi kiállító-termében (Mala Mukerjee-vel társulva) sokan látogatják, és a folyamatosan vetített digiRama-műsoromat is nagy érdeklődéssel nézik. Ebben szerepe lehet a sajtónak is. A milliós példányszámú Hindustan Times még a portrémat is “kidobta” a címlapjára (From Hungary, with love), kicsiben, persze, és belső oldalon Meghna Mukerjee írásában (Dancing visuals and painterly images) méltatja a képeimet, és külön kiemeli a Marcel Marceau, A kertész keze (Hands of  the Gardener), Nyáj (Herd), A Föld álma (Dream of Earth), A világ végén (At the End of the World) című fotográfiáimat, és digiRámáimat is.  A cikket Ashish Chakroborty rólam készült rendhagyó fotója kíséri, a következő képaláírással: Fascination frames: Janos Eifert’s photographs have an unorthodox take on his art

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 Hindustan Times, Thursday, April 10, 2008

Dancing visuals and painterly images

 Meghna Mukerjee

 In one of the photographs, a young girl smiles mischievously inch of the visible half-face. A red scarf tied to her head, she has bright eyes and a smile that tells many stories. With a look that keeps one engaged, she manages to establish the informality between the photographer and the subject. The girl is clearly responding to the person making the portrait whose presence we sense.

Janos Eifert was once a dancer. Having been part of the Honvéd Dance group for 17 yeas, he picked up the camera alomg the way in 1968 on his tours abroad. And when you look at his photographic work you can never put fact aside.

The exhibition at the Academy of Fine Arts, displaying the works by Eifert, a celebrated lensman from Hungary, and Mala Mukerjee, a renowned photographer, brings together fascinating images and gripping styles.

Eifert’s images reveral an entirely unortothodox style. His work has a flowing quality to it, capturing blurring transitions. Best known for themes like dance, nude, nature and applied photography, his work does not get bound in any mould as he experiments with every frame.

Eifert catches movement instillness and stillness in movement. As his first photograph of Marcel Marceau, clicked in 1968, take sone to a place of brilliance, the image titled Herd, Hands of the Gardener from 1978 mwins for its immense depth and breadth. If a photograph of a dance prformance hazes out some subjects in icy-blue mist, elsewhere limbs become arcs and performers become channels. The magic of dawn captured by Eifert portrays a new perspective whereas the interestingly composed Bird is a delight. Also, one cannot help getting inspired by the painterly touches in photographs like Dream of earth and At the End of the World.

Mukerjee’s work, as always, is remarkable. One immediately reacts to her photographs by admiring them as art, design, shape and colour. Displaying her latest work that was put together in November last year, her documentation of Muscat leaves a lasting impression. Soaked in beige, tan and blue, the stark visuals are stunning.

As Mukerjee catches every shimmering ripple in a cobalt blue sea, one can  almost feel the soft sun and breathe in the openess of the space. Giving an intricate taste of history, one feasts on the images of the Grand Mosque and Nizwa Fort. The drama of massed volumes and the poetry of barren landscape are presented beautifully. From the people to lifestyle to herritage Mukerjee captures it all, exploring in-between tonalities. The interplay of the light and shade giving her work its charm.

The exhibition is on till April 12.