Árpád Kiss-Kuntler

(1957, Székesfehérvár)

After passing his professional photographer’s examination, he completed the photojournalism course at the National Association of Hungarian Journalists. Between 1977 and 1979, he worked as a lighting technician for the national news agency MTI, from 1979 to 1989 he was a photojournalist at daily broadsheet Népszava, and between 1980 and 1990 participated in the work of the Nagybaracska Socio-Photographic Art Colony. He is one of the founders of the Hungarian Chamber of Hungarian Photojournalists, its secretary-general until 1995 and deputy chairman until 1998. Between 1989 and 1991 his was picture editor of Világ. In 1994, he relaunched monthly magazine Fotó as editor-in-chief. He was editor-in-chief of Fotográfia between 1996 and 1999, picture editor of HVG from 1997 and senior associate from 2014. In 1992 he received a Rudolf Balogh Award. In 2024, he received the Golden Camera Award. Between 2020 and 2025, he was head of the Szebeni Workshop Photographic Artists’ Community.