Örs Harnóczy

(1947, Terény)

Örs Harnóczy has been pursuing photography since the early 1970s, placing people and their surroundings in a social context in his pictures. Drawing on his background in printing, he incorporated typography and picture editing into his work. After focusing on the human body and portraiture, he returned his attention to the environment, eventually reducing it to a minimalist approach. He carries out important work as an organiser of photography events (e.g. Contemporary Hungarian Photography series, 1995–2001). He joined the Mecsek Photo Club in Pécs in 1977 and became a founding member of the Focus group in 1978. He has been a member of the Association of Hungarian Photographers since 1991. His exhibitions with the Focus group: Pécs (2017, 2018, 2020, 2022), Eszék (Osijek), Belgrade and Paris (2018). He received the Hungarian Academy of Arts’ Lifetime Achievement Award in 2022.