Tibor BASS Budapest, 1909.11.08. - 1973.12.16., Budapest

At the age of 15 he became an optician-technician.

At the age of 18 he entered the Workers' Training Association.

1933 c.: member of Montázs-group - they made graphical montage that were illegally distributed (Le a Bedóval!...)

1934: arrested

He belongs to Lajos Kassák's work circle. His working photos appear in the left-hand press and abroad.

During World War II, he goes to an internment camp. He captured the life of the Garany camp in a series of photos. He was in Auschwitz.

1945: MAFIRT reporter, 1947: Picture and Press Division, then he became the head of photography column

1949: Magyar Nap

from 1950: Photographer of Szabad Nép

1954: Photojournalist of Szabad Föld

He was the prototype photographer of Mátyás Rákosi.

1953: imprisoned for eight months

He was a member of the Labor Guard, a chronicler of the life of the syndicate, from his foundation to death. He is a founding member of the Hungarian Association of Photographers.

1957-1959: Fotó t. newspaper editor

Until his retirement in 1972, head of the propaganda department of the Book and News Department of the Culture Foreign Trade Company.

1968-1972: Director of the Hungarian Cultural Institute in Prague.

He died in a car accident just a year after his retirement.

Exhibitions:Kovács Salon, Budapest (Ferenc Bass, Ferenc Haár and Lajos Lengyel) 1931, Our Life (Szolnok, Bratislava) 1932. 125 years of the Hungarian Photography Art Budapest, 1966

Books:From Our Life. First Photo Book of Work. Edited and typed by Lajos Kassák. Budapest, 1932. Age pictures 1948-1955. Magyar Távirati Iroda, Budapest, 2007