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.
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