Hungarian Society for the History of Photography

The Hungarian Society for the History of Photography (MaFoT) was founded in 2007. It was created because, although more and more museums conduct research in the field of photo history, there was a lack of a common platform for those working in photomuseology, the history of photography and the culture of photography. Its main aim is to have photographs included in the protectible cultural heritage, and it supports, protects, researches and publicises photographic pieces of art and photo documents. It also initiates collaboration with international organisations, museums and projects of the same aims, and takes an active part in the protection, archiving methodology, cataloguing and scientific analysis of photographs held in museums and public assemblies.

The Hungarian Society for the History of Photography (MaFoT) was founded in 2007. In the recent years more and more museums conduct researches in the field of photo history, but there was a lack of a common platform for those who work in photomuseology, history of photography and the culture of photography. The main aim of the society is to have photographs included in the protectible cultural heritage. In order to achieve this the society stands out for supporting, protecting, researching and publicating photographic pieces of art and photo documents. It makes an initiative in collaborating with international organisations, museums, and projects of the same aims. It takes an active part in protection, methodology of archivation, cathalougisation, and scientific analysation of photographs hosted in museums and public assemblies. It considers important to collect the information regarding art protection and to create relevant standpoints about the flow and commercial use of photographic documents. As an organisation of the profession of photography, it wishes to take part in developing the photomuseologist training and retraining and is planning to cooperate with university faculties for that matter. The society has also initiated bibliographic projects: a 2008 project on rural Hungarian public collections, a 2021 compilation on Budapest public collections, and a 2023 compilation on Transylvanian public collections.

A professional society serving photomuseology, the history of photography and the culture of photography.

1. 1Magyar Fotótörténeti Társaságmafot.hu
2. 2Hungarian Society for the History of Photography – Magyar Fotótörténeti Társaságmafot.hu
3. 3a magyar fotótörténet forrásai / sources on hungarian photographic history – Magyar Fotótörténeti Társaságmafot.hu