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Marietta Varga's new series recalls childhood excitement of winter's first snow

"I was lying half asleep under the heavy duvet. A faint shuffling, the gentle sound of the curtains, my sister’s restrained joy and the whiteness that was slowly flowing into the room made me wide awake. Every year we felt the same indescribable excitement and joy on the first winter morning," says Marietta Varga, a photographer we've long admired.

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Via Creative Boom submission. All images copyright of Marietta Varga

Via Creative Boom submission. All images copyright of Marietta Varga

Her latest photograph series, entitled First, recalls those happy moments we experienced as children when the first snow arrived each year. She captures her hometown Siófok in Hungary, cloaked under an appealing white blanket. With its buildings and infrastructure renowned for its muted tones, her birthplace enjoys a whole new look and feel; you can almost hear the quiet and calm, and footsteps crunching in the snow.

Marietta graduated with a photography degree from the Moholy-Nagy University of Art and Design in Budapest. She now lives and works in London.

Snow-covered residential buildings and bare trees in Siófok, Hungary, viewed through a frosted window on a winter morning
Snow-covered park with bare trees and apartment blocks in the background in Siófok, Hungary, with a solitary figure walking through the winter landscape
A snow-covered street in Siófok with a shuttered storefront, fire hydrant and lone figure walking past residential tower blocks in winter
Frost-covered bare tree beside a white wall with a delicate yellow dandelion flower painted on it
Snow-covered park with bare trees in foreground and apartment building in background, people playing in the snow on a winter day
Row of residential apartment blocks dusted with snow, bare trees in foreground and parked cars at ground level
A person in dark clothing walks past a snow-covered bench beside a bare tree and green cylindrical structure, with a beige and white apartment building in the background
A snow-covered hillside in Siófok with bare trees, a residential building on the left, and figures sledging and walking across the white landscape under an overcast sky
A solitary figure walks through a snow-covered park with bare trees beside a peach-coloured building in winter
Snow-covered apartment building with red balconies in Siófok, Hungary, surrounded by frost-laden shrubs and trees
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