“If your pictures aren’t good enough, you weren’t close enough.” (R.Capa)

My name is Tibor Papp, and I’m a photographer.
I believe that to take a good photo, you don’t need the perfect lens — you need closeness. Emotional, physical, human.

My work doesn’t rely on coincidence — but on presence. On patience. On attention.
For me, light isn’t a technical tool. It’s a form of connection. A language that lets you express who you are — without a single word.

I shoot portraits. I capture movement in dance. I photograph automotive.
But I always photograph people. Because in the end, even a photo of a car tells a human story.

At Brave New Word Studio, there’s no pressure. Just space — and time to arrive.

I don’t want to carve a monument of you.
I just want to take a picture that makes you say:

“Yes. That’s really me.”

For me, light is more than aesthetics — it’s both science and emotion.
At Brave New Word Studio, I work with Phase One medium format system, where an image is not just digital information — it’s an experience.
Whether it’s ballet, portraiture, or automotive photography, the goal is always the same:
to find that the moment where light reveals what words never could.