Tamás Féner

(1938, Budapest)

After graduating from secondary school Tamás Féner he spent three years as an extraordinary student at the Hungarian Academy of Fine Arts under the supervision of Lajos Végvári. He was a photojournalist intern from 1957 to 1986, then art editor at Film Színház Muzsika. From 1986 to 1990, he was deputy editor-in-chief at Képes 7, from 1991 to 1993 photo editor at Népszava, from 1993 to 1994 photo editor at Griff and Vasárnap, from 1994 to 1997 a freelance photographer, between 1997 and 2002 a photo editor at Népszabadság Magazin, and between 2003 and 2011 he was a contractor for MTI. From 1992 to 2014, he was a lecturer at ELTE, held postgraduate courses at the Hungarian Academy of Applied Arts, he taught on several photojournalism and MÚOSZ (Association of Hungarian Journalists) courses, and was editor of the theoretical and critical journal Fotóművészet for 25 years. From 1978 to 1986, he was secretary general of the Association of Hungarian Photographers, and from 1986 to 1989, a member of the association’s secretariat. After producing sociophotograps and documentary images presenting cultural life he has been augmenting his oeuvre with lyrical constructivist pieces since 2010. He won the Kossuth Prize and holds the title of Artist of Excellence in Hungary.