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Robert Boday

Lives and works in Duesseldorf.

Born in 1951 in Budapest, Hungary, as son of an actress and an actor.

Emmigration from Hungary to West Germany during the national uprising of 1956 against the soviet-communist takeover. 1956-1969 nightmarish time in 5 different boarding schools with authoritarian character.

Training and employment as an industrial business management assistant.

Role playing as a merchant, prop master, acquisitions for an planning company and architects.

First encounter with art and photography in the mid 70's through acquaintanceship with people of the Becher class (Thomas Struth, Axel Hütte, Andreas Gursky) and the artists Uli Hensel, Achim Spyra, Katharina Sieverding, Jörg Immendorff.

Long-standing friendship with Uli Hensel, Andreas Gursky, Mischa Kuball.
Stay abroad in most european countries, Russia, Turkey, Israel, United States.