Lenke Szilágyi

(1959, Debrecen)

She graduated in photography from the Secondary School of Visual Arts in Budapest in 1980. She has been a regular participant at domestic and international exhibitions of photographic art since 1981, and her photographs have been published in numerous volumes and webpages. Her special area is film and theatre photography, and she began working as a contributor for several theatres in 1984. She did unit still photography for more than fifty Hungarian films and co-productions, and took photographs for books, records and CDs. She worked for the periodical Beszélő from 1990 to 2010, and is currently a member of staff at the Open Society Archives. She is a member of the Association of Hungarian Photographers and the Association of Hungarian Journalists. She received the Aladár Székely and the Rudolf Balogh awards in 1999, and the Photography Grand Prize of Hungary in 2007. She was recognized with the titles of Meritorious Artist and Outstanding Artist in 2008 and 2012, respectively. She was bestowed the Pro Cultura Urbis award in 2022. She is a member of the Széchenyi Academy of Literature and Arts.