Reka Agnes Koti has spent her previous years travelling as a volunteer to places like Calabria, Paris and South India, living as a student in London and Milan. Returning to Hungary, she attended the ASA photo course and started to learn photography from Gyorgy Stalter, Gabor Kerekes and Csaba J. Almási.

Read more about Reka, and view her photographs after the jump.

When did you start taking pictures? How did you start photography?
After the tsunami, I spent one month as a volunteer in different regions of South India. As part of an international group of twenty volunteers, I worked in orphanages and was deeply impressed by the beauty and mystery of the wonderful people we met on our journey. As I was the only member of the team with a camera, I had the mission and responsibility of documenting the days of our lives and the faces we met on our way. I stopped taking photos after our journey and I only recognized the need of learning and understanding photography better when I finished my studies in London and Milan and returned to Hungary in December of last year.

Where could we have seen your work?
After my journey I had an exhibition in the Tűzraktár with my pictures taken in India. You can find my photo report of the Alternative Fashion Week of London on bpfsahion.hu, and I just finished shooting some looks from the young and talented designer, Laarka (we introduced Boglarka Csomor a couple of weeks ago).

How would you describe your style?
I prefer if a picture has some kind of timelessness, where the viewer can’t so easily decide as to when the picture was taken. I also prefer taking pictures outside using natural lighting and surroundings while experimenting with my esteemed Lomography camera.

What would you name as your biggest success so far?
I love taking pictures so any positive feedback or constructive criticism is a success for me. I always like being faced with new and challenging assignments and when a previous successful collaboration leads to further joint projects.

Who is your favourite photographer? Do you have role models?
Among the contemporary Hungarian photographers, I like the works of Marton Perlaki and Tamas Dobos. I am also impressed by the works of Janos Veto, Gabor Attalai and Gyorgy Stalter, as the representatives of the Neo-Avantgard style from the ’60s to the ’80s.

Where do you see yourself in ten years time?
Just like now, I would like to continue taking part in photographic projects that I can find truly interesting, challenging and genuine. I would love to get to know more techniques and gain enough knowledge to be able to create the pictures that I have in my mind.

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