Photojournalism nominee

The Holocaust continues to affect human destinies today; for example, the French-born Sophie, whose family gave up her Gypsy name due to fear of the Nazis, was raised to have no Gypsy identity. This year(2022), Shopie went to the patron saint of the gipsies in France for the first time to get closer to his lost identity.

The small French seaside town of Saintes-Maries-de-la-Mer holds one of the most important religious gypsy festivals every year on May 24th and 25th. Hundreds and thousands of Gypsies, Travelers, Roma and Gypsies flock to the handful of streets in the Provençal port city to celebrate the patron saint of Gypsies, Sara-la-Kali or Saint Sarah.

I deliberately overexposed most of the pictures. With this method, I tried to convey the significance of the event, its spiritual and mental pressure on the participants, especially on Sophie.

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