Imre Sakač was born in Novi Bečej on December 15, 1951. He completed elementary school in Novi Bečej. He received his first camera when he was around ten years old and already started photographing his peers during various school activities. He developed these photos partly in the school photography section's lab, but mostly at home. He was involved in the secrets of the photographic craft at an early age, helping his parents in the studio and the darkroom. He began high school in Subotica but finished in Senta, after which he enrolled in a higher photographic school for color photography in France.
After earning his diploma, he tried to apply his knowledge in his father Geza's studio. In addition to a photo camera, he was one of the first in Novi Bečej to acquire a video camera and began recording various ceremonies and celebrations. With his wife Svetlana and daughters Silvija and Evelin, he moved to Novi Sad, where he worked as a photographer at the Museum of Vojvodina for a year.
However, after spending several years in Novi Sad, he returned to Novi Bečej and continued working in Geza’s studio, now as a registered independent photographer, from 1984 to 1994. During those ten years, at Maršala Tita 10, there were two registered photography studios: Geza Sakač’s studio and his son Imre Sakač’s studio.
In the late 1990s, he transitioned to digital photography and photo production. Now, with new technology and good software, traditional photo development became a thing of the past for him. Retouching negatives and pictures was no longer done under a magnifying lens with brushes and dyes, but with a computer.
Imre Sakač was quite different from his father Geza, especially in temperament, understanding, and approach to photography. It was difficult for him to realize his ideas and visions alongside an old-school master. He rarely exhibited his photos and was not interested in holding a solo exhibition. He participated in several exhibitions both at home and abroad, but with much less ambition and success than his father.
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