Laszlo Regos
16 artworks by Laszlo Regos.
Last artwork was added more than one year ago.
One of the most memorable times of my childhood was watching my father create magic in the makeshift photo lab in our small Budapest apartment. As an avid photographer he would mix his own chemicals and develop his films and prints while I would dream of the day, I too could become a photographer. Motivated by this experience I studied chemistry at the Technical University of Budapest and soon after I have received my M.S. in photochemistry, I started to work for one of the largest European photo-manufacturing companies: Forte Photochemical Industries. I become the technical manager of their photo processing lab, but I always had my eye on the other ball ; to be a professional photographer.
Seeking political and artistic freedom, I emigrated to the US in 1979 and after a few years working in a professional photo lab I opened my own studio specializing in architectural photography. I couldn’t depart my experience as a chemist, so for a long time I ran my own photo lab too serving Detroit’s photographic community. Despite the technology that forced me to abandon film and switch to digital photography , I still follow the same disciplines as I did in the good old days
Beside my commercial work I took the time to work on personal pet projects too. One of them is a book project comparing the European and Us synagogue architecture. My photographs has been published in countless magazines and books and I have received numerous awards and recognitions for my work. For more inform
