Photojournalism nominee

It has been more than 20 years since I left the East-Hungarian gypsy settlement where I grew up. Poverty can be harsh but living as a Roma in rural Hungary is even harsher. My father and my siblings were not so lucky as me and they could not escape fate. They have tried to have a better life but the gravity of the gypsy hill was always stronger. Hundreds of thousands of Roma in Hungary are struggling with the gravity of poverty and discrimination.

I am a Hungarian-born Roma photographer living in London. My documentary photographs are centred around themes of human rights activism, LGBTQI+ and Gypsy, Roma and Traveller (GRT) experiences. My photos have been exhibited in Berlin, Milan, Göteborg, London and at the Glastonbury Festival in 2022, 2023, 2024.

Recent photography awards: Journalism Excellence Awards - Ethical reporting on Roma and fight against racism and antigypsyism through the media - Shortlisted in photojournalism category, 2024Shortlisted for Portrait of Britain, 2023; ND Awards, 2023; Fine Art Photography Awards, 2021, 2022, 2023

Exhibitions:
Visual Stories - Borsodnadasd, Hungary, 2024
CRUISING UTOPIA: SCENES FROM THE ROMA-QUEER IMAGINATION - Foundation Kai Dikhas & Art Space, Berlin, 2024
In Plain Sight - group exhibition, Dartford, Kent - Mick Jagger Centre, 2024
Dubbelexponerat Community Festival - Göteborg, 2024
Queer Museum - London, 2024
Queer Festival Heidelberg exhibition - "Queer Heroes in Focus", 2024
BBA One-Shot Award – Berlin, 2023
Del Sarenge Festival di arte romanì in Triennale - Milan