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My Town: Marietta Varga captures the nostalgia of her Hungarian home city

In her series Siófok II, London-based photographer Marietta Varga – featured previously – beautifully captures her Hungarian home city in a nostalgic light, with muted tones and highlighted pink hues deliberately picked out to depict childhood memories.

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Via Creative Boom submission. All images copyright of Marietta Varga

Via Creative Boom submission. All images copyright of Marietta Varga

Marietta explains: "Rarely does something in reality look the same as in our memories. This morning was the first time in a long time that I was able to see my home town precisely as it exists in my mind."

Born in Siófok, Hungary, Marietta graduated with a Photography degree from the Moholy-Nagy University of Art and Design in Budapest. She now lives and works in London. Discover more of her beautiful work on Behance.

Frost-covered trees frame a snow-dusted basketball court with a hoop and backboard, apartment buildings visible beyond the chain-link fence
Frost-covered trees frame a pink-walled building beyond a chain-link fence in a misty, wintry scene from Siófok
Frost-covered trees and bare branches shrouded in mist, with a wooden bench visible through the haze in Siófok, Hungary
Bare tree standing in front of pastel pink and white buildings with muted green windows in a quiet urban courtyard
A circular brick-edged plaza surrounded by bare trees and modernist apartment buildings in muted tones, evoking nostalgic childhood memories of Siófok, Hungary
A green slide in an empty playground surrounded by bare trees and residential buildings on a misty day
A lone figure walks across a snowy town square framed by frost-covered trees, with a pink building and white structure visible in the background
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