British–Hungarian filmmaker and photographer based in London & Munich.
I started out just taking candid portraits of people on the streets of Budapest, until after my studies, I began to travel in Europe, Asia, US and parts of Africa.
I’ve spent many years in advertising and fashion, which taught me discipline, rhythm, and how to build an idea from the ground up. But in the last years, documentaries have pulled me in more than anything else.
In the early years in London and Paris, I worked, learned from some of the most respectable people in fashion photography, like Peter Lindbergh and Ellen von Unwerth. But even in fashion, I never cared much for the surface. I’ve always looked at the person first. Clothes were just decoration.
Documentaries shaped me early. While other kids watched Power Rangers, I sat in front of Attenborough films and whatever locally available version of the Discovery Channel reached 1980s Hungary. I’ve always been drawn to people who push through life — the late risers, the stubborn ones, the survivors and also to ”the underdogs”.
My work today moves between commercial projects, brand films and documentary stories. No matter the scale, the approach is the same: stay open to the person in front of the camera. That connection is what makes something believable. The gear and the light are secondary — though I’ve always preferred natural light or the closest imitation of it. All are habits that stayed with me from my photography days.
I mostly split my time and travel between London and Munich — as much as family life and an opinionated cat allow.
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