Imre Benkö thinks in long-term projects. He is photographing a topic for 15-25 years. He is working in shady weather, takes pictures always on film material, always manual setting, he never cuts the image. His main field of interest is the visual interpretation of the real life, the characteristic description of the man and his environment with a subjective documentary approach. On two occasions (1975, 1978) he won gold medals at the World Press Photo competition.