BALLA András

1945, Pocking, D

A chemist, landscape gardener, chief designer, photographer, founder and artistic director of the Esztergom Photo Biennial. Between 1990 and 1996 he was head of the Studio of Young Photographers and a participant in numerous Hungarian photographic art groups. He was awarded the Prix Air France in 1985, the Balogh Rudolf Award in 1992, the André Kertész Award in 1997, the Hungarian Photography Grand Prize in 2009 and the Saint Stephen Award in 2020. The recipient of several artistic scholarships (Paris, Espoo, Rome, Frankfurt, Cologne, Sofia, Helsinki, New York, Salzburg), his works have featured in more than a hundred solo and group exhibitions. His best-known series include: No Photography!; Sequences; Pub Bicycles; Concrete Butterfly; Sanctuary; Fragrant Garden.