Zsolt Balázs, 24th November 1979, Budapest, Hungary
Current: Budapest, Hungary, Available for Assignments
He completed the Nikon-NOOR Masterclass in 2018, and received his master diploma in creative photography at Szellemkép Szabadiskola. Completed also the online course of Magnum Photos / Alec Soth - Photographic Storytelling and the NOOR Images - Visualising Climate Crisis workshop and mentor program.
As an independent photographer his most important angle is that of humanity and objectivity.
Several years he has been working on exploring the effects of global climate change in the Great Plain (Hungary) on the environment and he focuses on individuals who are already suffering from the consequences or are threatened in their existence.
In 2019 and 2020 he received a grant from the National Cultural Fund of Hungary to support completing his project ‘The Leftovers of Eden’, and in 2023 to his project that called 'The land where you live and die'.
Member of the Association of Hungarian Photographers since 2019 and Member of the Association of Hungarian Journalists (independent) since 2022.
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Awards / Grants
2024 42nd Hungarian Press Photo - Awarded, Budapest150, series
2023 12th Slovak Press Photo Winner, Nature & Environment, series
2023 National Cultural Fund scholarship III.
2023 41st Hungarian Press Photo - Winner in Science and Nature, series
2023 Visualising a Climate Change, NOOR & Slovak Press Photo mentorship program
2023 WWF Hungary - Grand Prize winner
2023 Helsinki Photo Festival - "Courage" Finalist, series
2022 11th Slovak Press Photo Nominee, Finalist, series
2020 National Cultural Fund scholarship II.
2019 Helsinki Photo Festival - Finalist, series
2019 National Cultural Fund scholarship I.
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Solo Shows
2023 Planet Expo 2023 - exhibition
2023 Agroecology Europe Forum 2023 exhibition, “Converging movements for resilient food systems”
2023 Photon Gallery - The Leftovers of Eden
2022 Rotterdam Photo Festival 2022 - Creekside Country
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Group Shows
2024 Breaking the Waves - Global Water Crisis through the eyes of Hungarian photographers - Taksim Sanat Metro Gallery, 212 Photography Istanbul
2024 Breaking the Waves - Hungarian photographers on water and man - Capa Center, Budapest
2024 No Borders award group exhibition Hungary, Slovakia, Poland, Czech Rebulic
2023 Visualising a Climate Crisis, group exhibition, Hungarian National Museum, Budapest
2023 41th Hungarian Press Photo, Capa Center, Budapest
2023 Visualising a Climate Change, NOOR & Slovak Press Photo group exhibition, Bratislava, Budapest, Warsav, Prague
2023 FotoKozma 2023, group exhibition, Csákvár
2023 12th Slovak Press Photo group exhibition, Bratislava
2022 11th Slovak Press Photo group exhibition, Bratislava
2021 Picture of lights - National PhotoSalon, Műcsarnok Kunsthalle, Budapest
2020 Modem: Modern and Contemporary Arts Centre - Deep Flows, Debrecen
2019 Budapest Photo Festival at Kiscelli Museum, Budapest