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Waters

Waters is an ongoing series by Hungarian photographer Ákos Major, who started from his attraction for water to arrive at an interest for the signs of human interference with it.

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  • 05 August 2014
  • Hungary

Waters is an ongoing series. This selection contains images from Thailand, Germany, Italy, Hungary, the USA, Tunisia and Turkey.

Attracted by waters, in his earlier photographic works Ákos Major was seeking infinite horizons and calmness by seas and lakes. Later his interest turned towards observing how human presence changes these waters, this phenomenon. Lately Ákos tends to photograph the signs of human interference with waters, connecting everyday life with this ever-changing, still eternal shape. Body of waters appearing in this selection: North Pacific Ocean, Sea of Marmara, Lake Balaton, a salt evaporation pond in Tunisia, Andaman Sea, Mediterranean Sea, North Sea and the Danube.

Top: Ákos Major, Blue Legacy, Istanbul, Turkey 2013. Above: Ákos Major, 7 p.m., Bibione, Italy 2013
Ákos Major, 7 p.m., Piran, Slovenia 2012
Ákos Major, Boat leaving, Paks, Hungary 2013
Ákos Major, Boy fishing, Paks, Hungary 2013
Ákos Major, Cargo, Salines of Sfax, Tunisia 2013
Ákos Major, Coconut, Ko Yao Noi, Thailand 2014
Ákos Major, Beachcombing – crabs, Ko Yao Noi, Thailand 2014
Ákos Major, Beachcombing – crabs, Ko Yao Noi, Thailand 2014
Ákos Major, Deck, Andaman Sea, Thailand, 2014
Ákos Major, Jetty (November), Lake Balaton, Hungary 2012
Ákos Major, Leuchtturm Obereversand, Dorum-Neufeld, Germany 2013
Ákos Major, Lullaby, Ko Yao Noi, Thailand 2014
Ákos Major, Walking the dog, San Francisco, CA, USA 2013

Ákos Major (b. 1974, Hungary) graduated in 2001 from Moholy-Nagy University of Arts and Design (MOME) in Budapest, Hungary with a degree of Visual Communications. After working for ten years in an advertising agency (Publicis, Senior A.D.), left the industry to work as a freelancer.

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