I’m photojournalist Attila Volgyi based in Budapest, Hungary. I have roughly 20 yeras of experience in the fields of news and documentary photography. I spent over 15 years in journalism, 12 years in blogging, 7 years in videography.

Cut the words short and, you find a selection of my photos at the bottom.

Publications

I had the privilege to have my photos appear in a wide range of magazines, newspapers and news websites around the globe like the United Kingdom’s Independent, Guardian, Daily Mail, Germany’s Stern and Bild am Sontag, France’s Le Journal de Dimanche, l’Express, Norway’s Verdens Gang and most of the leading Hungarian daily and weekly newspapers. Some of my photos were published a great deal of international news agencies like Reuters, Getty Images and Xinhua.

My work in numbers

I covered about two thousand events and published over 100 thousand photos of them. Events I covered range from press conferences, through awards ceremonies and parties to high profile diplomatic events and sports competitions in multiple countries.
Over the past two decades of my career I have photographed leading politicians of Hungary multiple hundred times, just members of the current government alone more than 100 times. In addition over 40 presidents, 30 prime ministers, 2 princes (one of them became king since then), 1 king, 4 Hungarian prime ministers, 5 Hungarian presidents, 3 US presidents and 2 popes.
Durng my work I covered 7 Formula One races, over 60 fashion shows, more than 50 beauty contests, more than 160 theatre pieces, 130 dance competitions, more than 260 sports competitions among them 27 European Championships, 33 World Championships, 30 World Cups held in 7 countries.

Professional background

My engagement with photography started back in the days of analogue technology in 1994, when I was working with black and white negatives in the dark rooms of a local photographers club called Budai Fotó és Film Klub. As it became more and more popular, I have started using digital technology as well – and I am using it almost exclusively today. Following studies in press photography it has by now become my profession.
National and international newspapers and news agencies have been publishing my works regurarly since 2004, mostly on a part-time basis, but sometimes as freelancer. I have been accredited as a correspondent of the Hungarian parliament since 2006, so I have worked on many protocol and diplomatic events. I have been a member of both the Hungarian and the International Sports Press Association. I photographed European and world championships of many sports in Hungary and in other countries too. After years of independence and many publications, the next years saw me working on staff for a number of major Hungarian publications (Napi Ász, Esti Hirlap, Napi Gazdaság, Hirsarok), until Hirsarok was closed for business. It was in this period that I was awarded 3rd prize in the annual Hungarian Press Photo Competition. Today I am again working as a freelance photographer on individual assignments mostly by international news and photo agencies.

As a press photographer I am comfortable with and mainly employed by the press in the field of news, tabloid, sports and reportage, but I also frequently work on assignments around leasure, culture, corporate events, balls and weddings. In my work I strive to achieve a high quality and expressive result, capturing the mood of the events as closely as possible. I am putting my personality and creativity into my work whilst focusing on the requirements of the customer.
I own professional equipment since the beginning of my career. As the demands of my assignments change the list of my equipment changes to best fit the requirements of my assignments. Hence I have chosen to not bore you with the list of the items I own, like so many others do.

I wish you a pleasent and enjoyable time with my photos and I hope we will have the chance to work together.