Photographer Kosmer Opens Solo Exhibition in Budapest

By WRILEY NELSONBUDAPEST, HUNGARY

Local photographer John Kosmer’s first solo exhibition, part of PH21 Photography Gallery’s Photographic Visions—Summer 2024, is open at the Budapest gallery until Tuesday, August 20. The show features 25 selections from Kosmer’s “Mug Shot Project,” a series of tableaus starring his outlandish collection of vintage sculpted drinking mugs.

“I was storing some of these antique sculpted face mugs for my daughter,” he said, offering an explanation for the surreal tableaus. “One day, I opened the cabinet and they were staring back at me. I thought I could do something with that.”