Callegrafía - concept invented by Keith Dannemiller himself- brings together a set of snapshots that capture people, characters and moments that summarize everyday stories happening on the stage of the streets of Mexico City.

The photographs selected for this exhibition are the result of the joint curatorial work of Dannemiller, Nugent-Head and the team of the Embassy of Mexico in Hungary.

Due to official restrictions to prevent and contain the pandemic, it was not possible to count on the photographer Keith Dannemiller; however, The Red Door Gallery produced a series of 4 videos including a conversation on Callegrafía II between Ambassador David Nájera and Tim Nugent-Head, and a virtual tour of the exhibition with Dannemiller's comments, which are available at the gallery's YouTube channel.

Dannemiller's photographs may be familiar to the Hungarian public since the first series of Callegrafía was exposed in 2018, during the Eleven Ősz Cultural Festival.

Later, this photographic exhibition was inaugurated in the framework of the events around the cultural day of the Day of the Dead in Budapest and in the exhibition hall of the Katona József Library in Kecskemét, Hungary.

The Callegrafía II photographic exhibition is the second exhibition, related to Mexico, opened during the current edition of the Budapest Photo Festival.

During April, the virtual retrospective of “Tina Modotti: Spirit, Revolution and Lens” was inaugurated in the Institute of Italian Culture in Budapest. Mexican photography has had a presence for the second consecutive year at BDP, one of the most important photographic festivals in the Central European region.

In 2020, the Festival covers more than 50 exhibitions in which various entities such as galleries, museums, cultural institutes and educational institutions participate, covering various artistic manifestations from retrospect, through portraiture, architectural photography, photojournalism, to innovative digital proposals.

Keith Dannemiller (Akron, Ohio, United States) is a photographer, journalist and cultural promoter who has been living for more than 30 years in Mexico. After graduating from the Vanderbilt University in Chemistry and Mathematics, he decided to study photography at California State University in San Francisco.

Since 1973 he has worked as a journalist in both the United States and Latin America where he covered the Contra operations in Nicaragua, the cross-border life between Mexico and the United States, to name a few of his works. He has collaborated for different publications in its printed and digital versions, such as Time, National Geographic, New York Times, Forbes, Al Jazeera America, Fusion, The Intercept, The Guardian, Macleans, Politiken and Le Monde.

More information at: www.keithdannemiller.com

The Red Door is defined as a space designed to welcome all forms of artistic expression and to generate a sense of community linked to art. Its main function is to serve as a space to enjoy art as well as human contact through conversation and the exchange of experiences based on cultural expressions.

More information at: www.thereddoor.hu

The Budapest Photo Festival is organized under the artistic direction of Szilvia Mucsy, with the curatorial support of Rita Somosi and Klára Szarka. Since its inception, BDP has brought together a selection of exhibitions ranging from classic to contemporary, integrating artists, gallery owners, local and foreign photographers, educational institutions dedicated to art and design.

More information at: www.budapestphotofestival.hu

Photo: courtesy of Mexican Embassy In Budapest