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How long have you taken pictures for?

4,5 years, before I went into photography I was drawing for 8 years.

If you had to cite one name as a reference, who would it be ?

Erwin Olaf

What’s your level ?

An enthusiastic amateur

Fixie is more a means of transportation or freestyle ?

Lifestyle.

Would you rather see your work in a gallery, sold in auctions like recently at the Cigale, or be in the cover of the next Vogue issue?

Either. I just want to give some of the feelings, expressions for the watchers, what I felt while I was taking the pics…never mind in what form.

Are you the kind of person that let insects live or crush them right away?

Depends what kind, and how do they behave. I always give one chance, you can play with it.

Are you scared by an animal?

HUMANS.

What do you like most : taking pictures of fixe, life, of making fashion shootings ?

I love to take photos, that’s my life, any time, any kind any place, any conditions… not categorized, I don’t build any boarders to my pics… just live freestyle

You made 7 series on squats in Paris. Can you tell us a little more about it?

I felt so much love, and happyness around. I can not tell any feelings in words, that’s why I take pictures…

The series is still in progress.

What encouraged you shooting squats ?

I haven’t heard about them before, and I was really interested about the people living there, and the atmosphere around…

The photographer JR chose emigrate in order to witness what goes on in the world. You, for your part, you came in Paris. That’s the opposite side. Do you know a little about his work and what do you think about it?

I don’t know a lot about his work. I just met with his stuff when I came into Paris, but I am impressed. I like how he communicate with the people. I love those pictures which has something to tell. So in one word: RSPKT!

According to you, does a photographer have to hold the position of a witness of his times, like Marding Martha Cooper or Jamel Shabazz did?

You don’t have to… it just comes by the images. If we talk about photo journalism, that’s an evidence that you capture the time what you are living in. Even in staged photography, you have the possibility to make reactions about what is arounding you…That’s my dream, to mix the underground’s dirt and realness with the high fashion’s beautiful, fairy tale where everybody is perfect and clean. To show the contrasts in our world… now I am looking around in the world capturing, developing the time, faces, feelings, atmospheres… to get more and more experience to create my own world in photography…

How did you get to be in relation with Mash culture ?

I was riding in the night in Budapest, I stopped at Deák Square…

Barnie: Hey Dudes!

Mike: Hey Mark, this is my friend Barnie, he takes pictures, you should open a blog for him.

Mark: OK

Shoes question: what’s your favorite sneakers brand?

I don’t have any. I like the old school style shoes.

While hanging around in Bucarest, I noticed the graffiti scene was pretty good and came across a Carhartt shop. Did I miss something?

I am from Budapest. Carhartt shop now is closed. But you might missed the Shopp – urban art gallery and the most famous wallz around…in nowdays there are also some exhibitions, but the streets and the trains are burning…

Where will we find you in th next coming months?

In my bubble…