Together with the awards ceremony, the 39th Hungarian Press Photo Exhibition was officially opened on Thursday. After the category winners were made public in April, this was the time when the two grand prize winners were announced. Here are their winning sets of photos.
The
grand prize of the National Association of Hungarian Journalists (MÚOSZ) went to
Zoltán Balogh (of wire service MTI and public TV channel MTVA) for his series dubbed ‘The year of Covid-19 in Hungary.’ Balogh, whose photos are also regularly featured by Hungary Today, previously won the ‘Reportage’ category’s 1st prize too.
Zoltán Balogh with the award. Image by Lajos Soós/MTI
Here Are the Best Hungarian Press Photos of 2020 – Gallery!
The winners of the 39th Hungarian Press Photo Awards, the best press photos of last year, were recently announced. As a matter of course, the coronavirus pandemic and its consequences ruled the choice of themes.
This year, around 296 photographers submitted a total of 2,515 entries, amounting to 7,237 photos in total. Two representatives from the organizing group, the National Association of Hungarian Journalists (MÚOSZ), highlighted that the Hungarian Press Photo Awards was perhaps the only cultural event in Hungary that has been continuously held every year for 39 years now, no matter of historical turns.