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The whole is a lot more than the summary of parts. Nevertheless, a sensitive
look of an artist at the details can be indicative of the entirety and
can be conducive to formulating new meanings. His photos of snow-covered,
sandy and clayey soil have shown the multi-faceted surface of the earth,
and at the same time carrying a variety of images and symbols of a new
world, segmenting not only time and space but also pointing out the limits
and possibilities of the choices human beings can take in this world of
ours. Because life is also a series of choices, decisions, stepping over
thresholds, overcoming difficulties that are experienced differently in
minor details, but essentially in the same way by people of the four quarters
of the world as they are all human beings sharing the same priorities of
life and existence. This is the clue to his art, this is how he has discovered
the beauties of the gateways in the Orient, the gaunt figures of women
in the Carpatian Ukraine, and the unfathomable treasures of the Hortobágy
puszta. For state of art photography you need not only a first class camera,
but also keen eyes with a sensitive soul behind. This is what makes the
photos of Csaba Balási a unique experience.
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