Ferenc Veress

It soon became a gathering place for members of the local creative community; such as the writer, Mór Jókai, the painter, Mihály Munkácsy, the scholar, Sámuel Brassai and the poet, Márton Debreczeni [hu].

In 1858, he opened a joint art and photography studio with his friend, the painter György Vastagh.

He wrote an article in 1862, for the magazine Ország Tükre (roughly: "Reflections on the Nation"), suggesting that daguerreotypes should be preserved in museums.

He began publishing a magazine in 1882, Fényképészeti Lapok (Photographic Journal), with financial support from his old mentor, Baron Apor.

Five years later, he made an appeal to what were then over 400 photographers in Hungary; to capture the landscapes, buildings and famous people of their country and establish a single, national collection.