Biography
I was born in Budapest, Hungary a long time ago. My father is a colorist-turned-winemaker, my mother a pharmacist, though both of them are retired now. I also have an older sister Saci, she paints on human faces. When I turned 19, my father wanted me to be a colorist, but I rather played pool, and ride my bmx. It was around this time that I started to develop a budding interest for photography. From the beginning, it made me excited that the camera not only immortalized the details of images, but also helped me to recall my personal feelings present at the moment of taking the picture. Photography appeared to me as emotionally charged. Once I understood how to manipulate, tame and use these emotions residing in the image, I started to work on photo assignments in Budapest. After a few years of self-education and training, I decided to move to Milan, and introduce my work to a wider audience. During this time on a trip back to Budapest I met Nelli, the most beautiful and intelligent woman ever, and I couldn't help but fall in love. She became my best friend, my partner in crime, and of course my wife. We moved to New York in 2011, then after 9 years of joy and struggles, we finally returned home to Hungary. Taking pictures is an everyday necessity for me, and I easily move between my commissions and personal projects as photography is an organic part of my life. Photography is a meditation and a tool to understand myself better, and as such an indispensable particle of my life.
supernationmag.com
Supernation was an annual bookazine between 2015 and 2019, a crossover between a photo book and a magazine that held my autonomous picture series. The last issue titled Homeward was launched in the autumn of 2019 and later exhibited at Societé Budapest.
Exhibitions
solo
2021 Surface Tension - Einspach Fine Art & Photography Gallery, Budapest, Hungary
2021 Light Therapy - Hungarian House of Photography - Mai Manó House Budapest, Hungary
2019 Homeward - Société Budapest, Hungary
2011 Absolutly - Stock Exchange Palace - Vaci 1, Budapest, Hungary
2009 Mode Hongroise at the Hungarian Institute in Paris, France
group
2022 "Art in Book Form" - Manyi Cultural Center, Budapest
2022 Selection of the best Hungarian press photo of 40 years - Robert Capa Contemporary Photography Center, Budapest, Hungary
2021 Dialogue on the Experience of Architecture - Duo exhibition with Dr.Ralph Fischer - Robert Capa Contemporary Photography Center, Budapest, Hungary
2021 Hungarian Genius - Gallery Max Budapest, Hungary
2021 Gen/Re - Kiscelli Museum Budapest, Hungary
2021 Dialogue on the Experience of Architecture / Dialog über das Erleben von Architektur - Duo exhibition with dr.Ralph Fischer - Hfg Ulm Foundation, Germany
2021 I Whisper to My Past, Do I have Another Choice - Einspach Fine Art & Photography Gallery, Budapest, Hungary
2021 The 17th Bátor Tábor Contemporary Art Auction - Société Budapest, Hungary
2021 Dialogue on the Experience of Architecture / Dialog über das Erleben von Architektur - Duo exhibition with dr.Ralph Fischer - Hungarian Cultural Institute Stuttgart, Germany
2020 Bodyscape - Kiscelli Museum Budapest, Hungary
2020 Art for act - UNICEF - Brody House Budapest, Hungary
2018 #QOL - The quality of life - Artless Gallery Tokyo, Japan
2018 Adam and Eve charity auction in aid of Cancer Research UK - London, England
2017 Oltre Roma - Balassi Institute - Rome, Italy
2016 Beyond the foreground - Museum Garda, Ivrea, Italy
2015 Premio Cramum - Italian Institute of Culture, Budapest, Hungary
2014 Premio Cramum - Isimbardi Palace, Milan
2011 Artkatakomba Gallery, Budapest, Hungary
2010 "World of fashion in photography - yesterday and today", Hungarian National Museum, Budapest, Hungary
2009 27th Hungarian Press Photo Exhibition - Hungarian National Museum, Budapest, Hungary
Art Fairs
2022 Vienna Contemporary, Austria
2022 Art Market Budapest, Hungary
2021 Paris Photo, France
2021 Art Market Budapest, Hungary
Public Collections
Hungarian Museum of Photography
Achievements
2019 Circle Foundation - Art Expo NYC - Excellence award
2018 CICFF - Calcutta International Cult Film Festival - Official selection
2018 Monochrome Awards - Portrait of Alicia Keys - Shortlisted
2017 IPA - Int'l Photography Awards - Official selection
2015 LICC - London International Creative Competition - Shortlisted
2012 New York Photo Awards - "Poor Celine" - Finalist
2012 LeBook Connections London - Official selection of the jury
2012 New York Film Festival - "Poor Celine" - Official selection
2012 Sao Paulo Fashion Video Festival - "Axis Mundi" is invited
2011 International Fashion Video Festival Budapest - 1st prize
2010 International Fashion Video Festival Budapest - 3rd prize
2009 Prix De La Photographie Paris - Shortlisted
2009 27th Hungarian Press Photo - 3rd prize
Books
monographies
Light Therapy - Zoltán Tombor, Márton Simon - Darkroom Publishing 2021
Supernation - Homeward - Barbara Palvin - Supernation Publishing 2019
Supernation - Kinga - Supernation Publishing 2018
Supernation - Lara and Ling - Supernation Publishing 2017
Supernation - Giedre, Cato and Aliz - Supernation Publishing 2016
Supernation - Vanessa - Supernation Publishing 2015
publications
Pictures of 40 years - National Association of Hungarian Journalists - 2022
Tuscany Marvel by Cesare Cunaccia - Assouline - 2021
Isolated - Bookart and the New Kriterion Gallery - 2021
The Kinfolk Garden Book - Artisan Books 2020
Reiauto no kyokasho - Layout textbook - SB Creative 2019
The Eye - Artisan Books 2018
A.F.Vandevorst - Ende Neu - Cannibal Publishing 2018
Kinfolk Enterpreneur - Artisan Books 2017
Martin Munkacsi "Think while you shoot" - Press catalogue - Ludwig Museum, Budapest 2010
Lectures, talks and portfolio reviews
Robert Capa Contemporary Photography Center
FFS - Studio of Young Photographers
Budapest Metropolitan University
Corvinus University of Budapest
Kodolányi János University
Fazekas Mihály High School Budapest
Fashion & Design Festival - Bálna Budapest
KREA Design School
Société Budapest
Budapest Photo Festival
Fotoklikk
Guided tours and opening speeches
Martin Parr, Life's a Beach, Kunsthalle Budapest
Nicholas Nixon, The Brown Sisters, Hungarian House of Photography
Bodyscape - Kiscelli Museum Budapest
Péter Weiler, It Would Have Been a Pity do Defect, Kincsem Palace Budapest
Kata Geibl and András Ladocsi, Heart and Cherry Limited Editions Gallery
Art Residency
2020 Luppa Art Residency
Press
2022 Hype & Hyper, Vienna Contemporary exhibitors from Central and Eastern Europe, Éva Tomanicz
2022 AnOther Magazine, Ten unmissable highlights from Paris Photo by Sarah Moroz
2021 Hype and Hyper, A new creative era begins, interview by Lilla Gollob
2021 Capa Center Blog, Photo highlights of Art Market by Vivien Boronyák
2021 Punkt, Artist encounters in Stuttgart, article by Vera A.Fehér
2021 Roadster, Engage in a remarkable dialogue in Stuttgart, interview by Róbert Ízing
2020 24.hu, Fashion Circus, interview by Júlia Mészáros
2020 Punkt, It's a worldview to immigrate as an artist, interview by Vera A.Fehér
2019 Index, In leopard-print pants and satin bra, interview by Krisztina Pálur
2019 Médiapiac, Photography is magic, interview by Oliver Tóth
2019 Roadster, The potentials of mere aestheticism are limited, interview by Nóra Pákozdi
My editorial work has been published in Vogue, Time, The Times, The Last Magazine, Russh, Harper's Bazaar, VMan, Sunday Times Style and Kinfolk magazine and my clients include Theory, DKNY, 3.1 Phillip Lim, Nanushka, Net-a-porter, John Lewis and Aeron.