Dorottya Deák’s (MA1) series The Shelters of the Self straddles the line between reality and fiction. Using drawing, collage, and large-format photography, she explores how visual language can express the survival strategies of the self. The exhibition also features her photobook Záradék/Close (2024), which reflects on the delicate balance between solitude and connection. 

Márk Szabó (BA diploma project) created his series The Centre of the World in Hong Kong, offering a glimpse into the everyday realities of a closed society permeated by propaganda. His lyrical documentation portrays the lives of young people whose daily existence is shaped by institutionalised control. 

In her series Allowing Myself to Be, Laura Virág Szekeres (MA diploma project) documents the physical and emotional intensity of childbirth. Themes of the menstrual cycle, periods, and the sensations of fertility run through her work, with the representation of female bodily autonomy at its core. Presented in the form of a specially crafted photobook, the series creates an intimate connection between the viewer and the artwork. 

Áron Tóth-Heyn (BA diploma project) explores the fluid boundaries between the human and natural worlds in his series De rerum natura.  Blending artistic, musical, and scientific approaches, he constructs a visual network of traces reflecting on the Anthropocene. His series is also available as a book, accompanied by philosophical references and visual interpretations of disembodied experiences.  

In Blue Appetite, Zsófia Vágó (BA2) addresses the tension between eating disorders and body image. Her photographs go beyond documentation, revealing the paths to recovery by moving beyond anorexia and reinterpreting the body as a tool for self-care.  

VITAMIN D celebrates the technical skill and conceptual boldness of these young photographers, rethinking the relationships between documentation, fiction, and intimacy.  Their works ponder existential questions and distil extraordinary experiences. Serving both as a space for final exam practice and as a statement of artistic presence, the exhibition captures moments in time, leaving viewers with new perspectives.