Balazs Pataki
From Budapest/Brussels, Belgium, Hungary
Photographer
32 photos
Member since February 21, 2009

About me

I am from Hungary and currently live in Brussels, Belgium. I started taking pictures at the age of 5 and took my first photograph 15 years later. When not hanging on 1x, I work as a tax specialist. When I dont do either, Im in the field working on two long-time photographic projects - Armenia (which I hope to finish this year) and the Indian Himalaya (which I will finish in another life). Im rather a would-be photojournalist than a creative photo artist, and here at 1x theres plenty of both kinds of photographers with images never ceasing to inspire.

My photographic credo can be summed up in one sentence: theres only the photograph. Context and efforts put in it could add but in 99% a photo is only good if it has impact without all the collaterals.

And if I am very, very satisfied with a photo but it wouldnt work for others, an old joke comes to mind: a guy is driving his Porsche at 120 miles on the highway. He hears a traffic warning on the radio: "a crazy driver is driving in the wrong lane against the direction, be aware!" And our guy just thinks, "ONE crazy driver? Cmon, ALL are coming on me!"
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