Some Light (Excerpts)
Some Light (Excerpts)
Author(s): Péter NádasSubject(s): Cultural Essay, Political Essay, Societal Essay
Published by: Society of the Hungarian Quarterly
Summary/Abstract: When the family finally pronounced me a hopeless case and the elders and betters proposed that if I was unable to go to university I should become a photographer, one of my uncles lent me a reflex camera. If I remember correctly, it was a Voigtländer, though I may be wrong and Voigtländer may not even have made reflex cameras. In any case, it was the first camera I ever held in my hands. I was not yet sixteen. [...]
Journal: The Hungarian Quarterly
- Issue Year: 2006
- Issue No: 181
- Page Range: 3-14
- Page Count: 12
- Language: English