Undoubtedly one of the pioneers of photography in Canada, Szilasi has contributed greatly to increase the status of photography by encouraging recognition of it as a mode of expression on a par with better-established media in the visual arts. Concerned only with the passage of time and the possibility that individuals or a part of their environment might disappear, Szilasi displays a uniquely tranquil approach to photography, marked by a deep desire to record faces, places, and architecture.