BELA VARADI
PHOTOGRAPHY

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 and London and at the  Glastonbury Festival in 2022 and 2023. 


Exhibitions:

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 

Atchin Tan - Lead artist – Glastonbury Festival, 2023

Atchin Tan – Glastonbury Festival, 2022

A Town Explores a Book Festival - Hasting, 2022


Publications:

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

Staff Contributor at the 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: 

Fine Art Photography Awards, Conceptual 2nd place winner, 2024 

Fine Art Photography Awards, Photojournalism nominee, 2024

Fine Art Photography Awards, Portrait nominee, 2024

Shortlisted for Annual Photography Awards, 2024; Portrait of Britain, 2023; ND Awards, 2023;  

Honourable Mention at Moscow Photo Awards, 2022; 

Photo Journalist Honourable Mention at Fine Art Photography Awards, 2021, 2022, 2023; 


Other awards and nominations:

Nominated 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 

Contact

PHONE: 07775997465

INSTAGRAM:https://www.instagram.com/_vady_1/

EMAIL:  vt.bela@gmail.com

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