The Népsziget, formerly known as Mosquito Island is one of Budapest's lesser-known, underrepresented districts. It used to be an island on the Danube River, which in the 1850s transformed into a peninsula with a thin strip of land. It is surrounded on all sides by the Danube, except for Zsilip Street, where I renovated a studio a few years ago in the currently operational Mahart Shipyard. This provides an opportunity to observe the island's everyday life up close and through a real network of relationships. I am conducting a documentary project that I have divided into two parts: collecting and photographing. The two works function independently, but together, they become truly complex, reinforcing each other. I am interested in the young people enjoying the floodplain forest, those celebrating their birthdays, the fishermen, a day in the life of the island’s mail carrier, the residents of the shelter, the rusty regulars at the historical Vasmacska, or the skeletal remains of a chewed fish on a waxed tablecloth, dripping ice creams with a portable speaker – basically anything happening around me on the island.
