BIO
I am a Hungarian-born Roma photographer living in London. My documentary photographs are centred around themes of human rights activism, LGBTQI+ and Gypsy, Roma and Traveller (GRT) experiences. My photos have been exhibited in Berlin, Milan, Göteborg, London and at the Glastonbury Festival in 2022, 2023, 2024.
Exhibitions:
Sorry, but I'm Not Sorry - solo exhibition, Kunstbrücke am Wildenbruch, Berlin - 2025
Visual Stories - solo exhibition, Borsodnadasd, Hungary, 2024
CRUISING UTOPIA: SCENES FROM THE ROMA-QUEER IMAGINATION - Foundation Kai Dikhas & Art Space, Berlin, 2024
In Plain Sight - group exhibition, Dartford, Kent - Mick Jagger Centre, 2024
Dubbelexponerat Community Festival - solo exhibition, Göteborg, 2024
Queer Museum - London, 2024
Queer Festival Heidelberg exhibition - "Queer Heroes in Focus", 2024
BBA One-Shot Award – Berlin, 2023
Del Sarenge Festival di arte romanì in Triennale - Milan, 2023
Glastonbury Festival - Atchin Tan, 2024
Glastonbury Festival - Atchin Tan, Lead artist 2023
Glastonbury Festival - Atchin Tan – 2022
A Town Explores a Book Festival - Hasting, 2022
Publications:
Guardian - Hungary’s most deprived people donate blood plasma to survive – photo essay
Balkaninsight - ‘ALL I CAN GIVE IS MY BLOOD’: PLASMA TRADE EXPLOITS HUNGARY’S MOST VULNERABLE
Portrait of Britain, 2023
Doku Books - Best of Documentary & Street Photography, 2023
Searching for Kushti exhibition catalogue, 2022
Carte Blanche Magazine - 2022
J Mane Gallery Magazine -2022
Travellers Times Magazine from 2022
Cultural Partners:
Romani Cultural and Arts Company, Wales (member)
European Roma Institute for Arts and Culture (ERIAC) (member)
Recent photography awards and nominations:
Official Selection - IPA Awards 2024 (ALL I CAN GIVE YOU IS MY BLOOD -PLASMA TRADE EXPLOITS HUNGARY’S MOST VULNERABLE )
Honorable Mention - Annual Photography Awards 2024 (ALL I CAN GIVE YOU IS MY BLOOD -PLASMA TRADE EXPLOITS HUNGARY’S MOST VULNERABLE )
FINALISTS OF GOMMA PHOTOGRAPHY GRANT - 2024
‘In Plain Sight’ - Habib Hajallie Arts Council funded mentorship & exhibition project titled at the Mick Jagger Centre in Dartford, 2024
Journalism Excellence Awards - Ethical reporting on Roma and fight against racism and antigypsyism through the media - Shortlisted in photojournalism category, 2024
Fine Art Photography Awards - Conceptual 2nd place winner, 2024
Fine Art Photography Awards - Photojournalism nominee, 2024
Fine Art Photography Awards - Professional Portrait nominee, 2024
ND Awards, Professional People Portrait honorable mention, 2023
Annual Photography Awards - Shortlisted 2024;
ND Awards - Shortlisted 2023;
Moscow Photo Awards - Honourable Mention 2022;
Fine Art Photography Awards - Photo Journalist Honourable Mention at 2021, 2022, 2023;
Other awards and nominations:
Shortlisted for the Arts, Culture and Heritage Award at the Friends Family & Travellers Awards 2024;
Grand Prize at the Faces of Poverty Documentary Film Festival, 2011, Budapest