The period after 1956 saw an increasing number of photographs. High-quality images by amateur and professional photojournalists, archives of press products (Esti Hírlap, Népszabadság) enrich this collection. In addition to individual photographs representing the public events of the Kádár era, the regime change and the following years, the political, economic and cultural life of the country and its international relations, several photographers (such as Irén Ács and Endre Schwanner) have donated all or a significant part of their oeuvre (Károly Hemző, Csaba Habik, Imre Prohászka) to the collection.
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Among the fashion photos of Irén Ács, the photojournalist of Ország-Világ weekly, there are classic studio shots intended for for catalogues or covers, outdoor and street photos, and some captured moments that are not confined within a regular genre, bordering between genre scene and fashion photography, sometimes spiced with a little humour.
Before the 1960s, the Városliget was one of the capital's most important speedway and motorcycle racing tracks. Several times a year, championship and international races were held here, which were very popular. At these races, sidecars motorcycles competed in a special category, often in front of thousands of fans. The man who took this picture – later a renowned photographer – photographed the event he loved so much at the beginning of his career.
Margaret Thatcher visited Hungary in the first days of February 1984, at the invitation of György Lázár, President of the Council of Ministers. The event was widely reported in the national and international press. In addition to the talks in Parliament, Thatcher's programme included an extraordinary visit to the Central Market Hall in Fővám tér. "Market" shots of the Esti Hírlap daily's photojournalist's also made the front page of the paper in those days.
The reburial of Imre Nagy and his fellow martyrs is one of the best documented events of the period of the political transition. The demonstration was a huge mobilising force, not only in terms of social participation but also in terms of press and media coverage. Professional photojournalists, Hungarian and foreign correspondents, amateurs and private mourners took photographs in Heroes' Square. The collection preserves nearly 800 images of the funeral ceremony of June 16, 1989, including the catafalque, the mourners, the funeral procession and the private funeral at Plot 301.
