‘photo’
Péter Korniss Archive
Photo history research In 2020 and 2023, Péter Korniss, one of the most influential figures in Hungarian photography, donated 63,000 items from his archives to the Central European Research Institute for Art History. The oeuvre of Korniss, who was the first photographer ever to be awarded the Kossuth Prize, focuses mainly on documenting the disappearing traditional peasant life and culture …
Balázs Zoltán Tóth
Chief Museologist (Photo Archive) He graduated in 2005 from the Department of Hungarian Language and Literature at SZTE BTK and from the Department of Cultural Organising and Media at SZTE-JGYTFK. From 2008 to 2010 he was a student at The Getty Conservation Institute, Los Angeles and the Academy of Fine Arts and Design, Bratislava. In 2013, he was a fellow at NEDCC, Andover, USA. In 2019, he received his PhD in …
Gábor Benedek
Photographer (Technical Group) In 1976, he earned a qualification in boat engineering and in 1983, received a degree in education from Kandó Kálmán Polytechnic. He subsequently worked as a photographer and design editor for books, artist’s books, and periodicals. In 2017, he began working at the Data Repository of the Hungarian National Gallery and after the organisational changes, he …
Judit Radák
Chief Museologist (Photo Archive) Judit Radák graduated from the Art History Program of Eötvös Lóránd University (ELTE) in 2003, and from the Portuguese Language and Literature Program of the same university in 2018. She defended her doctoral dissertation on Lajos Vajda’s Pepita Notebooks in 2013. During her 20 years as an educator, she taught at the University of Theatre and Film Arts, the …
György Gyuró
Assistant Museologist (Photo Archive) He is a student of the graduate programs in Art History and Aesthetics at Eötvös Lóránd University. He completed his internship at artportal.hu.