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    ZOLTAN
    TOMBOR

    • SELECTED WORK
      • Lonely together
      • Gestalts in colour
      • Gestalts in black&white
      • Engagements I
      • Engagements II
      • Engagements III
      • Vignettes
      • Zánka
    • COMMISSIONS
      • fashion
      • portraits
    • INFO
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    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, a real tease who always makes me smile. When I
    turned 19, my father wanted me to be a colorist, but I rather played pool, and thought about life. It was around this
    time that I started to develop a budding interest for photography. I picked up my father's Minolta, and experimented
    with taking pictures, producing "compelling" photo series of frogs and girlfriends. 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 bigger 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, and we have lived and worked in Brooklyn ever since. 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.


    Exhibitions

     solo

    2019 Homeward - Société Budapest
    2011 Absolutly - Stock Exchange Palace - Vaci 1, Budapest
    2009 Mode Hongroise at the Hungarian Institute in Paris

     shared

    2020 Bodyscape - Kiscelli Museum Budapest
    2020 Art for act - UNICEF - Brody House Budapest
    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
    2014 Premio Cramum - Isimbardi Palace, Milan
    2011 Artkatakomba Gallery, Budapest
    2010 "World of fashion in photography - yesterday and today", Hungarian National Museum, Budapest
    2010 Martin Munkacsi "Think while you shoot" - Press catalogue - Ludwig Museum, Budapest
    2009 27th Hungarian Press Photo Exhibition - Hungarian National Museum, Budapest


    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


    Publications

    The Kinfolk Garden Book - Artisan Books 2020
    Supernation - Homeward - Barbara Palvin - Supernation Publishing 2019
    Reiauto no kyokasho - Layout textbook - SB Creative 2019
    Supernation - Kinga - Supernation Publishing 2018
    The Eye - Artisan Books 2018
    A.F.Vandevorst - Ende Neu - Cannibal Publishing 2018
    Supernation - Lara and Ling - Supernation Publishing 2017
    Kinfolk Enterpreneur - Artisan Books 2017
    Supernation - Giedre, Cato and Aliz - Supernation Publishing 2016
    Supernation - Vanessa - Supernation Publishing 2015


    Lectures

    Corvinus University of Budapest
    Budapest Photo Festival
    KREA Design School

    My editorial work has been published in Vogue, The Last Magazine, Harper's Bazaar, Time, VMan, Sunday Times Style and Kinfolk magazine and my clients include Theory, DKNY, 3.1 Phillip Lim, Net-a-porter and John Lewis.


    Art Residency

    2020 Luppa Art Residency


    Press

    2020 punkt.hu
    2020 24.hu
    2019 index.hu
    2019 mediapiac.com
    2019 roadster.hu


    Contact

    FOR INQUIRIES IN THE USA --- zoltan@tombor.com
    FOR INQUIRIES IN THE UK AND EUROPE --- DARLING CREATIVE --- kim@darling-creative.com
    FOR WORLDWIDE SYNDICATION --- TRUNK ARCHIVE --- licensing@trunkarchive.com