The Tactless Photojournalist – Exhibition Opening

The Tactless Photojournalist: Lajos Erdélyi’s Archive from the Ceaușescu Era

Exhibition Opening

June 19, 2025, 6:00 p.m.

Opened by: György Dragomán, writer. Welcome speech: István Rév, Director, Blinken OSA Archivum, and Zsuzsa Zádori, Senior Archivist, Blinken OSA Archivum.

The exhibition presents, for the first time, a comprehensive overview of the hitherto little-known work of Transylvanian photojournalist, journalist, and savior of archives Lajos Erdélyi. It evokes the raw reality of Ceaușescu’s Romania through the lens of an artist who managed to document his time with an autonomous vision—even within the confines of official mandates.

Curators: Lenke Szilágyi and Zsuzsa Zádori