Pictures and Pixels - Photographic Art and Beyond
National Salon 2016

Ákos Stiller

PRESS PHOTOGRAPHER

1982

He taught himself photography, and has been working for HVG since 2007. He has won 17 prizes at Hungarian Press Photography Competitions. In 2014 he was selected to take part at the Joop Swart Masterclass organized by World Press Photo. In 2015 he won a first prize at Pictures of the Year. His picture reports have appeared in the National Geographic, the New York Times, Spiegel, and Stern, among other newspapers.

Shepherds pray before immersion, near Horgos (from the series Roma Bible)

2015
70 × 100 cm

Shepherds pray before immersion, near Horgos (from the series Roma Bible)

75-year-old Uncle Ernő lost his leg in a truck accident. The day kicks off with a shot of rum in Budapest’s 8th district (from the series Alcohol consumption in Hungary)

2014
50 × 70 cm

75-year-old Uncle Ernő lost his leg in a truck accident. The day kicks off with a shot of rum in Budapest’s 8th district (from the series Alcohol consumption in Hungary)