BALÁZS TURÓS

Hungary

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Coup de coeur Prix Jeune Public, Prix du Public

Biographie

I was fourteen years old when I first held a camera in my hands. Photography has played an important role in my life from the very first moment. After graduation, I was admitted to the Department of Photography at Moholy-Nagy University of Art and Design (MOME, Budapest). After finishing my BA degree, I moved to England. I was introduced to FotoNow, a community interest company in Plymouth, which I worked with for two years. This period was truly influential for me. I went to England to learn English in the first place, nonetheless I dedicated all my time and energy to photography during my stay. As a result, I returned home with ten smaller photography projects, but not so good English. In the following few years my photography had stalled. I bought a one way ticket to China and travelled for six months without taking as much as a single photo. Once back in Budapest, I enrolled in a Master of Photography course at MOME. Since then I have been pursuing my own projects as a József Pécsi Fellowship recipient. In addition to working as a freelance photographer and video artist, I've been preparing students for MOME since 2015.