Attila MONTVAI

1942, Egyek – 2024, Utrecht, NL

A physicist, photographer and writer. He graduated in physics from Eötvös Loránd University. As a photographic artist and active theorist, he dealt with exploring and extending the technical, cultural and intellectual limits of photography and visual communication, publishing numerous articles in the journal Fotóművészet. He was the President of the Photographic Theory Commission of the Fédération Internationale de l’Art Photographique (FIAP) between 1979 and 1987. As a physicist, he investigated the validity of mathematical models and, as a result, the International Biographical Centre (IBC) in Ely, Cambridgeshire recognised him as a leading scientist of the 21st century and nominated him for the Archimedes Award in 2006.