Photo col­lec­tion of Zoltán Kallós

Zoltán Kallós's folk music and photo collection has been incorporated into the Media Archive in several parts since 2001. The photos were taken between 1956 and 1983 during the author’s collecting trips to Transylvania and Moldva along with Bertalan Andrásfalvy, György Martin and Ferenc Pesovár. A total of 11314 photographs are available in various collection units:

  • 4649 paper-based photos
  • 1243 images arranged in 18 albums
  • 5422 negatives and slides, contained in 161 reels.

The selection of about 450 images available on this website is a selection of thereof, which, in addition to Zoltán Kallós's main collecting areas - Kalotaszeg, Mezőség, Szék, Felcsík, Gyimes and Moldva - also includes images of Avas Romanians and Szeben Saxons.


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