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Automotive
& Street
Photography

artistic photojournalism

/ ɑːr·tɪs·tɪk ˌfoʊ·tə·ˈdʒɜr·nə·lɪz·əm /

A photographic approach that alloys editorial discipline, composition, motion, and light into visual storytelling that goes beyond documentation: emotionally evocative, impactful narratives of the moments that matter. Not reportage. Not gallery work. Something more uncompromising than either.

  • Observe. The world as it unfolds: raw, unposed, real.
  • Interpret. Frame what others walk past without seeing.
  • Transcend. Make it fine art.
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Motorsport photography
Street photography
Motorsport photography
Gergely Tomsó

Gergely Tomsó

Visual Storyteller

47.4979° N, 19.0402° E

Photography for me started when I was around ten, with my father's Canon PowerShot S5 IS and pheasants in our backyard. That camera never really left my hands - eventually graduating to his EOS 5D Mark III, still borrowed. Growing up with Canon shaped the way I shoot, and it's the reason I've stayed in the ecosystem ever since. When lockdown lifted in 2020 I took it to the streets of Budapest and found that street photography suits the way I see things. There's always something worth capturing if you're paying attention - the city doesn't stop moving, and neither do the moments worth keeping. What draws me to it is the challenge of making something extraordinary from what everyone else walks straight past. I'm interested in the shot that makes you look twice: a composition that shouldn't quite work but does, motion rendered in a way that feels different from what you'd expect, something completely ordinary that stops feeling that way the moment you frame it right. I want whoever looks at the photo to feel like they were standing there - and then notice something they wouldn't have noticed even if they had been.

Cars were always part of my life. Before any of the events or accreditations, it was just reaching for the camera whenever something interesting rolled past on the street. Motorsport came in 2021, and it felt like the obvious direction. What started with drift events in Hungary eventually expanded into circuit racing, car meets, and prestigious automotive gatherings such as the Concorso d'Eleganza Villa d'Este in 2026 - all attended as an accredited official photographer. From mid-2025 I've been covering Drift Masters and shooting for Kevin Piskolty and his team. Larry Chen has been a big influence on how I approach automotive photography, someone whose work blurs the line between documentation and art, and getting to meet him at the 2025 Drift Masters final in Warsaw was genuinely one of those moments. In 2023 I joined the BMW ecosystem in the financial field as my main career - a world that overlaps directly with what I shoot, and has opened up real opportunities because of it. In 2024 I started going to races with RSM Hungary Sail Racing Team on Lake Balaton, which turned out to share more with motorsport photography than you'd think: the same need to read the action before it happens, the same split-second decisions. It also pushed me to try myself out on bigger waters, and the Adriatic became the next step.

That same year I bought my first own setup - the Canon EOS R5 Mark II, along with a full transition from the EF to the RF ecosystem - after years of shooting on my father's gear. The equipment matters, but it always comes second to just being out there - on the track, on the streets of Budapest, or anywhere else around the globe with a camera. It's been a remarkable journey so far - one that's taken me to places and events I never imagined I'd get to, and introduced me to people I genuinely wouldn't have met any other way. I have no idea where photography will take me next, but I already love the journey.

RSM Hungary Sail Racing Team - Lake Balaton
Silver Ribbon 2025, Near Balatonboglár
The Kit

Bodies

  • Canon EOS R5 Mk II

    45 MP

    resolution

    30 FPS

    burst rate

    1053

    af points

    100

    51200

    ISO

    native range

    14+ STOPS

    dynamic range

    8.5 STOPS

    stabilization

    8K 60P

    max video

    5.76M

    evf dots

Lenses

  • RF 24-70 f/2.8 L IS USM
    24mm
    84°
    70mm
    34°
  • RF 70-200 f/2.8 L IS USM
    70mm
    34°
    200mm
    12°
  • RF 100-500 f/4.5-7.1 L IS USM
    100mm
    24°
    500mm

Other

  • Canon BG-R20 Battery Grip
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