Zoltán Vancsó

(1972, Budapest)

Zoltán Vancsó is a self-taught photographer whose work is significantly influenced by the classical photographic tradition. He worked as a press photographer for nearly fifteen years and has been a freelance photographer since 2009. In 2012, after fifty solo exhibitions, he turned to cinematic slideshow projections, which have now become a defining form of his photography; his works are primarily shown at self-organised screenings. His major prizes include the Rudolf Balogh Award, the Budapest Photography Scholarship, the HUNGART Prize, as well as the André Kertész and József Pécsi Scholarships. He has published twelve photo albums privately and produced eleven feature-length and over 400 shorter slideshows, using nearly 12,000 of his images, which he publishes on his Patreon platform. His main activity has been teaching since 2015. He is the founder and lead instructor of the IMÁGÓ Photography Course and he runs his own photography camps and an online photography club.