István Virágvölgyi

István Virágvölgyi studied freehand drawing, desktop publishing and photography. He has a master’s degree in Library and Information Studies at the Eötvös Loránd University, Budapest. 

Virágvölgyi worked at the Hungarian news portal Origo, first as a photo editor and then as head of photography between 2007 and 2011. Following this, he joined MTI Hungarian News Agency and served as head of the photo desk for three years. From 2014 - 2019, he lectured about documentary photography and photo editing at the Budapest Metropolitan University.

Since 2014, Virágvölgyi has worked as curator of the Robert Capa Contemporary Photography Center and he is the secretary of the Capa Grand Prize Hungary. Since 2016, he has been the cultural advisor of the Archabbey of Pannonhalma, Hungary. In 2018, he became the volunteer editor of the Fortepan digital photo archive, and since 2021, he has been a member of the board of trustees of the József Pécsi Photography Scholarship for young artists.

Virágvölgyi has been a nominator and jury member for several international contests and prizes, and attends portfolio reviews regularly. He was the curator of the Walls of Power show at Les Rencontres d'Arles and the Fortepan exhibition at the Hungarian National Gallery, among many other exhibitions.  

He has a master’s degree in Library and Information Studies at the Eötvös Loránd University, Budapest.


World Press Photo Involvement:
2022 World Press Photo Contest jury member
6x6 Global Talent Program nominator

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