Géza Csonka Szászváros , 07.01.1861. - after 1918, Vajdahunyad

Photographer.

He was the secretary of one of the very first group of photographers, of the Photographers Youth Self-Training and Relief Society. Later he opened a portraitstudio in Targu Mures, at Szentkirályi Street, at Apolló House at 9. Fő Square, at Kossuth Lajos Street 1. between 1885 and 1908. His studiois shown on the back of his photos.

1886-1891: He also worked under the name of Ciehulski and Csonka in Târgu Mureş.

1905-1906: He also had astudio under the name of Csonka and Incze in Târgu Mureş, at Kossuth Street.

1909: He moved to Vajdahunyad. The photos of the aristocrats and citizens of Transylvania of the last century look back to us dignifiedly, timelessly.

From 1905: He was a member of Gábor Bethlen Masonic Lodge of Târgu Mureş.

1902-1909: Chairman of the Marosvásárhely Cycling Association.

Literature:Photographic Papers, 1883. No. 6, 1887, No. 10, 1888, No. 2, Kincses Károly: Fotoabc.(biographical database 1839-2019), Mihály Sebestyén: Kiddúsin Látó, 1993. Number 3 (4th year), Mihály Sebestyén: Időtár 5/2. 1900-1944. Additions and Corrections to Időtár 2-3.Târgu Mureş, 2016.