Zed Zee Zoltán

World-wide renowned and respected artist Françoise Gilot (Picasso's wife) opens Várfok street open air Galéria 19 in Budapest in 2007.
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Alanis Morissette and her band performing in Budapest in 2008.
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Alanis Morissette with her band in Budapest.
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An old, 1980s Budapest tram ticket.
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Camouflage.
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Flower 1.
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Hungary's top female singer Keresztes Ildikó performing with her band at Tabán festival, Budapest, in 2010.
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Françoise Gilot at the opening of her exhibition at Várfok Gallery in 2007 in Budapest.
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JaZzRulett performing at Artkatakomba in 2009.
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JaZzRulett singer and pianist Mózes Tamara at Artkatakomba.
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Keresztes Ildikó and her band at Tabán festival.
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Keresztes Ildikó with her band at Tabán festival.
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Preparation.
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Ready to take off the 'runway'.
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Sinéad O'Connor in Budapest in 2007.
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Sinéad O'Connor performing with her band in Budapest.
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Swan.
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The band JaZzRulett at Artkatakomba in Budapest.
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The hidden hand.
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The band Végtelen at Budapest Fringe festival in 2007.
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Végtelen at Budapest Fringe festival.
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The talented rock band Végtelen performing at Budapest Fringe festival.
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A creature in a galaxy...That is, a product of the fireworks in Budapest.
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Dragonfly.
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My E.A.Albert & Co. piano (made in Vienna in 1867).
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Flower 2.
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Love is on.
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Two towers of Durham Cathedral in the UK as seen in 2005.
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Great sound engineer Glynn Wood doing masterful work behind the mixboard at the ZPZ (Zappa Plays Zappa) gig in Budapest in 2006.
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Awards winner great female singer Keresztes Ildikó with the fine musicians of Jeff Porcaro memorial band performing at Old Man's music pub in Budapest in 2007.
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EDDA and Jeff Porcaro memorial band's fine bass guitarist Kicska László at Old Man's music pub.
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Keresztes Ildikó at Old Man's music pub.
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An elegant old house mirrored on a new office building on Rákóczi road in a sunny Budapest afternoon.
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Keresztes Ildikó with her brand new band at Tabán festival in 2012.
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Keresztes Ildikó at Tabán festival in 2012.
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After the reel tape machine, my family's very first radio cassette recorder was this in the 70s. The photo shows its stylish owner's manual cover.
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In late 1993 at a Veszprém University lecture a sympathetic and lovely girl, Frank Kati sitting next to me presented me with her drawing of this well-known cat she created there on her exercise book sheet. (Currently she is the director of the Heimatmuseum in Budaőrs).
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By now a 14 year old little leaf, sent by a friend in her envelope from New York.
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At university one of my enthusiastic female fans (P.T., a pretty and nice girl) presented me with her above little, handmade, handwritten poetry book - its inside and covers are decorated by her drawings.
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A nice, young American guest teacher at university, Katie Stowe got to know my music through a tape recording - a part of my performance at Veszprem University.
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Long time 'missing' dried 4-leaf clovers 'regained' while sorting out my drawer.
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Flower 3.
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Wall art in Budatétény at Háros Danube, Hungary.
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Frog.
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Record Danube water level in Budapest some hours before the peak (891cm) on 09 June, 2013.
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Record Danube level in Budapest in 2013.
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Record Danube level in Budapest in June, 2013.
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30th anniversary Elementary school class reunion in Baja in May, 2013.
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Flower 4.
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Flower 5.
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Old Agfa and Ferrania reel tapes.
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A huge crowd gathered on 09 August, 2010 at Sziget festival big stage in Budapest for iconic Hungarian rock band, Kispál és a Borz farewell gig.
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3 pretty Hungarian girls - Timi, Viki and Anna - posing for my camera after the Kispál és a Borz gig in 2010 on Sziget.
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Flower 6.
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A Nigerian diplomat friend, Celestine, and his fiancée, Lili invited me to their church wedding in Budapest at St.Stephen's Basilica in 2011.
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Celestine and Lili's church wedding at St.Stephen's Basilica in Budapest in 2011.
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A rather old, unknown print date book : Marino Faliero, the Doge of Venice, by Lord Byron - an historical tragedy in five acts. 'No printed age, Careworn coverage' - quoting myself from my lyrics Old Books (from 1997).
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A 1921 print Bernard Shaw book in the sunshine, gently shadowed by a curtain.
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Flower 7.
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Flower 8.
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Nature reservation area at Budafok-Háros in Budapest.
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Something is happening in this photo.
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My legendary AIWA AD-R450Z stereo cassette deck from 1987 - the 2005 Nem A'rt band rehearsal room TDK-SA (CrO2) tape recordings were made on this. Three of these recordings can be found on YouTube - one on NME, New Musical Express...
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Suzanne (Vega) signing my copy of her wonderful book of collected writings, The Passionate Eye.
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old Videoton stereo receiver (Hungarian) and Marantz PM amplifier from the 1980s, still in high quality and fine condition!
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A talented (and pretty) young Hungarian female artist, Bárdosi Katinka invited me to her 13 March, 2007 exhibition opening, held at Hotel Aquamarin in Héviz, Hungary. The photo shows one of her works on the cover of the paper base invitation that arrived by post.
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I learnt half a year at noted Hungarian guitar teacher and musician, Bussy Gábor's music school in the mid-90s, and once I asked him to tell about his Desert Island Disc in Veszprém University's Egyetemünk paper.
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In March 2000 a Portuguese translator and writer friend Fátima Castro Silva presented me with her above marvellous (Portuguese-English) Suzanne Vega book - Murmúrios Urgentes / Urgent Whispers (Assírio & Alvim , Portugal, 1994).
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In 2001 a freelance photographer friend Vlad Arghir presented me with his nice photo book - Képek egy Leonard Cohen koncertről - Photos of a Leonard Cohen concert (PONT publishing, Budapest, 1999). Its 2 page foreword was written by acknowledged Hungarian singer, composer and performer Cseh Tamás. (My Zed Zee Zoltán logo was designed by Vlad).
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Noted photographer Brian Rose's great photo book (Princeton Architectural Press, New York, 2005). He invited me to his 2004 book exhibition - sadly I couldn't attend. He kindly sent me this (signed) copy.
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At 07.45pm on 04 August, 2013 this plane was just over our house in Budafok, and I managed to take this quite exciting capture out of my video recording there. Such a nice plane right above your roof is not an everyday thing.
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Fine female singer Schramek Andrea and her band Funky blwd 69 at Fészek Klub in Budapest in November 2006.
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My old Zenit-E camera from the 70s. I got this one as a present in my childhood back then, it could take quite nice photos.
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People gathering on Budapest's Heroes Square before the Rúzsa Magdi / Bryan Adams T-Mobile sponsored Kapcsolat gig in 2007, held at huge, neighbouring 56s' Square.
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Suzanne Vega opening for Sting in Budapest on 5 June, 2004 at the T-Mobile sponsored Kapcsolat event on 56s' Square, in front of half a million people.
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The back cover of Hajrá, Magyarok! by former BBC Poland journalist Igor Janke, writing Hungarian PM Orbán Viktor's biography. A bestseller in Poland, translated into several languages.
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St.Stephen's Basilica spiral stairs in Budapest. My digital camera shot of my old photo in paper.
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In 2013 (again) wonderful and delicious home made wafers and Christmas card arrived by post from Poland!
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