Opening the exhibition and the new centre, Zoltan Balog, the Minister for Human Resources, said the fact that so many attended the opening was a testimony to photography as an art.

The government supports the centre with 155 million forints in 2013 and 198 million forints in 2014. On the occasion of Capa’s 100th birthday anniversary, the contestbased exhibition is a collection of photos, “as Capa would have taken them today,” curator Balázs Telek told a press conference.

The exhibition will be open until December 31.

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