Bahget Iskander
Bahget Iskander (born 8 May 1943) is a Syrian-born Hungarian cinematographer. Life. He was born on 14 August 1943 in El-Barazin, Syria. He has been living in Hungary since 1967, and has been a Hungarian citizen also since 1979. His wife Sarolta Bodor is an insurance specialist at Alianz Hungary. He has two children, Leila is an economist and Zsolt is a lawyer, he also has two grandsons and a granddaughter. He graduated from the Technical College of Kecskemét as an engineer and then in 1976 he became a teacher-engineer. After finishing his studies he  had several workplaces, among them he worked for SZIM in Kecskemét, for Agrikon as a qualified engineer and later on he represented his Hungarian firm in Algeria and Morocco. Except the jobs abroad he lives in Kecskemét-Hetényegyháza. He has been working as a photographer since 1968; he usually exhibits at collective and individual exhibitions. He has exhibited his photos for more than 250 times at individual exhibitions. Among others he organized an exhibition for the benefit of refugees from Transylvania in 1989 and for the autistic children in 1999, and he nobly offered his works for the restoration works  of the Hungarian Photographers' House in 2002. In addition to this he is the member of the Town-Planning Association in Hetényegyháza. Since 1990 he has been taking advertisement and fashion photos in his own studio and he has been designing leaflets, prospectuses and catalogues. Several reviews and the media have been dealing with him both in Hungary and abroad. Mainly his black and white social photos, portraits, landscapes of the desert, and photos of outstanding Hungarian literary men are well known (for instance: Gyula Illyés, György Faludy, Ferenc Buda, Sándor Kányádi, András Sütő, Nándor Gion, Péter Esterházy, Balázs Diószegi , Menyhért Tóth). He is closely connected to "FORRÁS", a magazine on literature, sociography and art in Kecskemét. He was participant and exhibitor of the creative community centre in Nagybaracska from its foundation till its cessation. At the end of the year 2006 he made a unique attempt, namely he made the private portfolio for twelve sportsmen chosen from the talented youths of Kecskemét. He prepared an excellent artistic calendar from these portfolios and a series of exhibition started. He regularly participates at the Pens' Camp in Veránka. He introduces and presents the illustrious and outstanding Hungarian cultural and historical events  and figures with his writings and photos in the monthly magazine "Blue Danube", an Arabian language magazine published in almost twenty countries of the world. Furthermore, he is a collaborator at the "Kecskemét Magazine" as well as at the Kecskemet Information website His photos are usually displayed in the weekly magazine titled "Kecskeméti Lapok". He is a founding member and a fellow-worker of the "Hetényi Köztér" (Plaza of Hetény) newspaper. A portrait movie of Iskander edited by Zsuzsanna Sári was presented on the 39th Hungarian Film Festival. Journalists. He has also been a member of the Workshop Artistic Association . The number of his awards, prizes is over one hundred, among others: Main collective and one-man shows and exhibitions. His works can be found in many collections, image library, museum, inter alia, Romania, Transylvania, Serbia, Bulgary, the Museum of Photography in Kecskemét, National Museum of Egypt (Ahmad Shawki Museum) and Latakia in Syria Cultural Center, Qatar and Oman, Art Photographers Association. A number of media appearances, weekly and daily newspapers, radio and television interviews dealt with in his works, both in Hungary and abroad His permanent exhibition can be visited at the Community Centre of Hetényegyháza Bahget Iskander Bahget