Photographer Anna Tihanyi is the Edge of Humanity Magazine contributor of this photo essay. From the series ‘Save-The-Date ’. To see Anna’s body of work, click on any image.

This is my personal Wunderkammer. A collection of fragments. Objects and experiences that accompanied me as I was growing up, traveling through wonderlands arriving to this point of presence.

Artist statement

Fiction has immensely influenced my visual language. I operate by the reconstructing capacity of photography, that is by transforming elements from the existing world it shows us a parallel universe that still leads back to something faithful. This is the magical realism I work with and live in.

My work evolves into contemporary yet timeless tales about the human subconscious. I produce detailed narratives within singular frames, frequently staging scenes that experiment with the notion of reality. I am interested in exploring the psyche, the female self, including my own femininity and identity. I often transport my viewers into a feminine, surrealist wonderland, a fairy-tale-like environment to process memories, and to explore the tension that lies both within the physical and psychological space of the female identity.

Starting with a long pre-production period, my artistic method goes very much like in a film production. I combine extensive periods of research with fine artistic solutions, creating a picturesque but sometimes disturbing aesthetic and filmic perspective. I only use post production to a certain limit. It’s very important to me that my images are not manipulated digitally; they are a surreal, yet faithful representation of what’s in front of my camera.

The core objective of my practice is to spotlight magical details that otherwise would not be visible. Through my work I intend to develop new forms of psychological storytelling, using photography as a tool of myth-making.

BIO 

Anna Tihanyi is an award winning fine art photographer from Budapest. She received MA from communication with the thesis themed in photography “Stills in Motion”. Enrolled to Fotografus photography school majoring in experimental photography.

With the series Berlin bhf. Tihanyi debuted in a solo show in the Robert Capa Contemporary Photography Center in Budapest and in the Balassi Institute in New York City, USA. Her portfolio was selected for the Lucie Award Scholarship by the American Photographic Artists and Lucie Foundation, and received a great recognition at the gala awards ceremony at the Carnegie Hall, NYC.

Anna is currently working on her next projects that relates family heritage, memory processing and identity in Budapest as a member of the Budapest Art Factory non-profit art organization and artistic collective.

All images and text © Anna Tihanyi