Tamás Schild

(1958, Komló)

Graduated in 1990 from Janus Pannonius University in Pécs with a degree in English. Freelancer. He is a member of the International Association of Conference Interpreters (AIIC). He began his career as a photographer at the age of fifty, when he won first prize in the art category of the Press Photo competition. He is a member of the Hungarian Association of Photographers. The main themes of his self assigned long term projects are human dignity, fragility, and evanescence. His Roma portrait series, which he has been working on for seventeen years, has won numerous awards at home and abroad. His works have been exhibited in twelve countries, with solo exhibitions in eight of them, such as the European Month of Photography and European Capital of Culture programs, as well as in the European Parliament. His newer themes include the world backstage. His works can be found in the World Bank Art Collection (Washington DC), the Hungarian National Museum, the Ethnographic Museum, the Hungarian Museum of Photography, as well as in private collections in Hungary and abroad.