Hungarian press photographers awarded in Budapest

Photographers of public media MTI/MTVA Márton Mónus, Simon Móricz-Sabján, Péter Komka, Tibor Illyés, and Csilla Cseke have been awarded in several categories at the 41st Hungarian Press Photo competition organised by the National Association of Hungarian Journalists (MÚOSZ).

A total of 2,443 works were submitted by 269 photographers at this year’s competition, including 1,881 individual photographs and 562 series, the organisers András Bánkúti and Tamás Szigeti said at a press conference on Thursday. The total number of photographs in competition came to 6,810, some 1,000 more than last year, they added.

A selection of the best works will be on display at the Capa Centre in Budapest from April 12 and at an open-air display in Pecs, in southern Hungary, from April. The members of the jury included Tamás Szlukovényi, Stephane Arnaud, Adrian Evans, Daniela Mrazkova and Akor Stiller. The winners of the two main awards will be announced on April 12. HERE you can check out the photos of the winners. In THIS article you may find the names of the awarded photographers.

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