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Canadian Photographer Gabor Szilasi Dies at 93, Leaving Legacy

4/23/2026

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Gabor Szilasi, photographer, died April 11 in Westmount, Quebec.
He fled Hungary in 1959 after documenting the 1956 Hungarian Revolution.
Szilasi settled in Montreal.
He worked for the Office du film du Québec.
His photographs captured the province's social changes during the Quiet Revolution, preserved in galleries including the McCord Stewart Museum, defining a legacy of documentary photography in Canada and influencing future generations of artists.

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Gabor Szilasi, photographer, died April 11 in Westmount, Quebec.
He fled Hungary in 1959 after documenting the 1956 Hungarian Revolution.
Szilasi settled in Montreal.
He worked for the Office du film du Québec.
His photographs captured the province's social changes during the Quiet Revolution, preserved in galleries including the McCord Stewart Museum, defining a legacy of documentary photography in Canada and influencing future generations of artists.