Péter Korniss

(1937, Kolozsvár / Cluj, RO)

Péter Korniss was a photojournalist at the women’s magazine Nők Lapja for thirty years, and later worked as a freelance photographer for various international magazines and book publishers. Exhibitions of his work have been held in 17 countries, most recently: the Hungarian National Gallery (2017), Rome (2019), Saint Petersburg (2020), Paris (2021). Awards: Kossuth Award (1999), Artist of the Nation (2014), Prima Primissima Award (2018). Works in public collections: the Hungarian National Gallery, the Hungarian Museum of Photography, the Déri Museum, the Musée Nicephore Niépce (France), the National Science and the Media Museum (UK), the Getty Research Center (USA), as well as the Archive of Modern Conflict (Canada).