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Sylvia Plachy, Self Portrait with Cows Going Home Page 1 A portrait of me by my father, Vienna, 1956 59 Film set, The Pianist, Warsaw, 2001 4—5 Transylvanian woods, 2001 61 Adrien Brody on the set of The Pianist, Warsaw, 2001 6—7 Panda the cat, Veroce, Hungary, 1983 62 Adrien Brody on the set of The Pianist, Warsaw, 2001 8—9 Billboard with graffiti, Ljubljana, Slovenia, 2002 63 Film set, The Pianist, East Berlin, 2001 10—11 Goose step, Hungary, 1993 64-65 Film set, The Pianist, East Berlin, 2001 12-13 Old Jewish Cemetery, Prague, 1985 66—67 Dachau, Germany, 1985 14 Kerepesi Cemetery, Budapest, 1964 69 Empty cart, Romania, 1998 17 Steam engine, Romania, 1993 70-71 Bucharest, Romania, 1990 18 Memory Budapest, 1972 72-73 Friends, Romania, 1992 19 Landing on a staircase, Esztergom, Hungary, 1998 74 Alter ego, Kolozsvar, (Cluj-Napoca) Romania, 1990 23 Breakfast at home, Budapest, 1972 75 Jewish Cemetery, Maramaros, Sziget (Siget) Romania, 2001 24 View from my window, Budapest, 1972 76 STUDY STUDY STUDY, Budapest, 1988 25 History, Budapest, 1972 77 Class portrait of the 6th grade, Budapest, 1955 27 Treasures, Budapest, 1972 78 Prayer card, Hungary 28-29 Szechenyi Pool, Budapest, 1988 79 Shrine, Budapest, 1972 31 Ring around the Rosie, Budapest, 1972 81 Trench coat, East Berlin, 1998 32—33 Guard dogs, Budapest, 1976 82 Stasi Headquarters Museum, East Berlin, 1998 34-35 Becoming U.S. citizens, New York City, 1964 83 Interior, Budapest, 1984 36 Portrait of me, taken by Andre Kertesz, 84-85 Watchtower overlooking the Berlin Wall, New York City, 1964 East Berlin, 1998 37 Open gate, Budapest, 1988 87 New Bridge, Pozsony (Bratislava), 1989 38 Marika's wedding, Budapest, 1964 88 Overbearing man, Budapest, 1964 39 White pocketbook, Russia, 1996 89 Taxi driver, Budapest, 1989 40 Our wedding photo, taken by a policeman, 90 Heating ducts, Budapest, 1988 Mount Vernon, N.Y., 1966 91 Construction worker on a break, Budapest, 1983 42-43 Roberto and Gabi, Budapest, 1964 92-93 Farmers' market, Budapest, 1970 AA Longing, Ljubljana, Slovenia, 2002 94 Menesi Karoly and his sister, Anna, Budapest, ca.1918 45 Danube, 1985 95 Zsuzsa neni, Hungary, 1984 46-47 Reflecting, Puszta, Hungary, 1996 96—97 An extra on the set of Te Rongyos Elet, 48 Schoolroom, Romania, 1998 {You Raggedy Life), Hungary, 1983 49 Tree spirit, Romania, 2001 98—99 Udvaros Dorottya, Te Rongyos Elet, Hungary, 1983 50—51 Chicken coop, Yugoslavia, 1992 101 Moo, Romania, 1993 52-53 Fate, Hungary, 1996 102 Harghita, Romania, 1998 55 My parents, Budapest, ca. 1939 103 The flood, Tisza River (Tisa), Romania, 2001 56 My birth announcement, Budapest, 1943 104 Pig, Puszta, Hungary, 1993 57 Protected from the cold, Budapest, 1993 105 Janos and his dog Csopi, Szek (Sic), Romania, 1999 58 Hedy, Budapest, ca. 1936 106 Easter Sunday, Szek (Sic), Romania, 1999 107 Jumping over the ditch, Romania, 1990 158-59 Black and White, Csikszereda 108-09 One goose to sell, Esztergom, Hungary, 1984 (Miercurea Ciuk), Romania, 1994 110 Playful kid, Csikszereda (Miercurea Ciuk), Romania, 1994 160-61 "Adventure is my life," Budapest, 1983 111 The border between Romania and Hungary, 1989 162-63 The Berlin Wall, East Berlin, 1990 112-13 Clothes line, Romania, 1998 164 The 40th Communist Party Congress, East Berlin, 1989 114—15 Soldiers on leave, Szentendre, Hungary, 1984 165 Warning, Kolozsvar (Cluj-Napoca), Romania, 1990 117 Night club, Szek (Sic), Romania, 1999 166—67 The Rev. Tokes Laszlo, Mineu, Romania, 1990 118-19 Swann's Way, Prague, 1991 169 A bureaucrat's office, Belgrade, 1992 120 The Train- to Vienna, 1984 170 Vukovar, Yugoslavia, 1992 121 Lulu, Budapest, 1972 171 Adrien Brody on the set of Harrison's Flowers, Prague, 1999 122 Train compartment, Hungary, 1984 173 Wounded Serb, Yugoslavia, 1992 123 Train corridor, Hungary, 1984 174—75 Rehabilitation center for Croatian wounded, Zagreb, 1992 124 Steffi and Phillip, East Berlin, 1990 176—77 The Hanged by Borocz Andras, Museum of Fine Arts, 125 Mother and Daughter, Hungary, 1984 Budapest, 1994 126-27 Meadow, Hungary, 1984 178-79 Budapest Zoo, 1993 128—29 Brother Bela and Istvan, his apprentice, 180-81 East Berlin, 1991 Csikszereda (Miercurea Ciuk), Romania, 1993 183 Memorial candles for the Hungarian Revolution, 130-31 The hermit and his apprentice, Csikszereda Budapest, 1996 (Miercurea Ciuk), Romania, 1993 184 Country dogs, Hungary, 1996 132 The hermit's dog, Csikszereda (Miercurea Ciuk), Romania, 1993 185 Orphan, Gelou, Romania, 1990 133 Tomb of a WWI soldier, Budapest ,1991 186 Pink tulip, Budapest, 2001 135 Dried flower, Budapest, 1988 187 Tunnel, Buda, 2001 136-37 Fractured light, Budapest, 1976 188 Manicure at the mall, Budapest, 1999 138 Andre Kertesz, Budapest, 1984 189 Raven, Ljubljana, 2002 139 Agi, Hungary, 1984 190-91 Headlights, Romania, 2001 193 Uncle Sam's Diner, the former East Germany, 2001 140 Night shift, Warsaw, 1991 194—95 Martina on a porno movie set, Budapest, 2001 141 Boar skin, Budapest, 2002 196-97 Crossing, Romania, 2001 142-43 Story book snow, Budapest, 1992 198—99 Gypsy settlement, Romania, 1998 144-45 Bang, Bang, Budapest, 1976 200-01 Refracted light, Bulgaria, 2003 146-47 Socialist Realism, Budapest, 1976 203 Ghost of a star, Budapest, 1993 148-49 Hobo, Hungary, 1984 206 The family country home, by my great-grandfather, 1- 51 Cafe', East Berlin, 1991 the painter, Abranyi Lajos, Hungary, ca. 1880 152—53 Family procession, Budapest, 1988 208 Self portrait with cows going home, Transylvania, 1993 154 Hungarian Revolution on TV, Budapest, 1989 Endpaper Pages from- a crumbling, handwritten recipe book, 155 Papier Mache Stalin, film set, Diary, Budapest, 1989 a gift of my mother's mother to my parents in 1939 156-57 The Worker, Erd, Hungary, 1993 that gave flavor to my life..
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