Tales of Frozen Time
Levente Tóth - Photography & Music
The photos
Trapping shadows, capturing light... we, photographers, are time robbers of a hopefully gentle kind.
During our planned and often unplanned journeys, we freeze and, to paraphrase Susan Sontag, we take with us delicate, "neat" slices of time - so delicately thin that we hope nobody misses them.
These are some of my captures taken from tales that were unfolding with many different speeds around me and the people I met so far. Many of these tales will continue long after we are all gone...
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The photographer
I caught the photography "virus" in the early 1980s courtesy of a fully manual Russian compact camera. Film is still used occasionally, but nowadays I commit most of the (hopefully gentle) time robbery via digital means...
As a Transylvanian-born Hungarian settled in the UK, I remain grateful for the opportunities given by Gallery 1839, SaatchiArt, Indigo Art UK agency, FineArtAmerica, Alamy & former GOTO-Foto International library. Photos were also selected by Getty Images.
Selected for The Directors Series exhibition at Photo19 and Photo20, Zurich.
As a long-standing member of the former London Photographic Association (LPA) and the Bureau of Freelance Photographers (BFP), published photos and portfolios mainly in Black & White Photography Magazine, Digital Photographer, Practical Photography and Digital Camera magazines.
© by Levente Tóth Photography
The musician
I was born in Transylvania, as a member of the Hungarian ethnic minority, my main escapism during the communist dictatorship was listening to electronic music.
I built my first analogue synth when I was a teenager living under the Ceausescu regime. Music creation has really begun later on in my home studio, which I established after my relocation to the UK during the 1990s
My CDs released by the former PeopleSound and Vitaminic indie labels were noted for the compositional versatility, which created well-received blends of medieval, ethnic, and space/ambient elements. Later on, after Amazon CD manufacturing services closed, everything has gone purely digital, via RouteNote releasing onto all major streaming platforms.
One composition from his debut album was also featured on the compilation CD entitled “Noua Romanie – Rebirth of a Nation”, which was a special project released by Earthtone / Sonic Images Records founded by the legendary Christopher Franke (ex-Tangerine Dream).
