Czeizing, Lajos Újpest, 12.05.1922. - 03.09.1985., Budapest

Photographer, photo illustrator.

1940: He graduated from the textile high school and then studied for three years at the Violin Department of Music Academy. He only gave up his violin studies because of the war. After the Second World Burn, he lived a "double life", he was one of the founders of the Győri Weaving Company, from 1945 to 1954 he was the chief engineer, while he played at the Győr Philharmonic Orchestra led by András Kórody as the first violinist.

He has been photographed as an autodidact since he was 12 years old. He made his first pictures with a self-made camera obscura. From 1954: He moved to Budapest, and he was the photographer of the Fine Arts Publishing Company, and then he was the head of the Photo department.

After 1970: He worked as an independent photographer.

Founding member of the Hungarian Association of Photographers (1956). Member of MADOME, then member of the Board.

He photographed many postcards, illustrations of tourist publications. With his pictures, he didn't just want to document, but he always sought to achieve an artistic experience. "What I do is from an emotion, an inner feeling, that is certainly related to my musical past, because only music can launch something in crescend and in decrescence, inspire and elevate."

He photographed in countless countries, including Bulgaria, Egypt, Greece, Spain, and much in Hungary. He has done a lot to improve the artistic quality of postcards, over 100 cards circulated in tens of thousands of copies in the country and abroad.

He has published several articles in the Fotó. His recordings were mainly published in calendars and tourist publications. He is a master of urban and landscape art and genre photography. With his artistic photos he has often performed at domestic and international exhibitions, won several honors and awards.

Awards:

AFIAP 1958, EFIAP 1969, Béla Balázs Prize 1970, Honored Artist 1981.

Independent exhibitions:

He has been regularly participating in international exhibitions since 1948. He has been exhibiting at 70 national and international exhibitions and has won 30 awards and diplomas.

Collection exhibition.Adolf  Fényes Hall Budapest, 1967 (it was also presented in Győr, Bremen, Hamburg, Cluj, Bucharest), Budapest introduces itself.Charlottenburg (NY-Berlin), 1970, Impressions of Pictures.Kunsthalle Budapest, 1979. Vigadó Gallery Budapest, 1985

His books:

Budapest at night. Budapest, 1963, Artists.Budapest, 1965, Panoramas of Budapest. Budapest, 1970, Budapest with an architect's eyes.Budapest, 1971, From the Black Forest to the Black Sea. Budapest, 1976, Hungarian landscapes.Budapest, 1977, Nice Hungarian cities.Budapest, 1978, Mosaic of Spain. Budapest, 1979. Lajos Czeizing: VedutasVárosháza Publisher, Budapest, 2005.

Literature:

Béla Mátrai-Betegh: Photo exhibition by Lajos Czeizing. Fotó, 1968. 2. p.77-82., Sándor Féjja: Photos in Piano. Fotóművészet, 29 February 1973, p.29, Pál Granasztói: Hungarian landscapes. Fotóművészet, 1977. 3. p.57-58. Albert, Béla Albertini: Disciplined Romance. Fotóművészet, 1979, 3. p.15-15., Michéle + Michel Auer: Photographer Encycloepedia International. 1985, László Zay: Exhibition of Lajos Czeizing, or experiments and failures,Vígadó Gallery. Fotóművészet, 1985. 2.

Works in Public Collections:

Hungarian Museum of Photography, Historical Photo Gallery of the Hungarian National Museum