Interview with Laszlo Kondor
It was in 1998 that I first heard about Laszlo Kondor when his photographs about the Vietnam War were exhibited in Budapest. A few years later I tried everywhere to contact him, but to no avail. Then, last November, I tried again and succeeded. That is how I finally met him in person after almost twenty years.
Please note: this interview was originally published here in Hungarian. At the request of several English-speaking people, we decided to publish it in English, too, to make it available to as many foreign readers as possible. This translation was made by Máté Havasi with the assistance of Linda and László Kondor.

Laszlo Kondor, combat photographer,
Americal Division, Vietnam, January 1970
(With permission of Laszlo Kondor, all rights reserved)
Talking to him is quite an experience. Laszlo is 76, but he seems to be 20 years younger. He is agile, his eyes are spirited, and when he starts telling his story, he does relive those years. He talks with élan and passion. It is impossible not to listen to him. Sometimes he switches to English from Hungarian, involuntarily or just to quote a remarkable sentence.