BIOGRAPHY

1948

Budapest – 2020 Salföld

1948

April 20th Born in Budapest

1966

Graduates from Bem József Secondary Grammar School

1966-1968

Military service

1969-1970

Hungarian Film Laboratory

1970-1973

Hungarian News Agency - light technician

1973-1975

Freelance photographer, photographing for Vu Touristique magazine

1975

Obtains skilled worker certificate as a photographer (Práter Street)

1975

Photojournalist and later photo editor for the Tourism Propaganda and Publishing Corporation

1981

Acquires certificate as a journalist from Bálint György Academy for Journalism of the National Association of Hungarian Journalists

1991

Establishes the Pajta (Shed) Art Gallery in Salföld, where he organizes exhibitions and nude-photo workshops. He becomes an important figure of Hungarian photography due to the gallery as well as heading the First Artist Group and organizing exhibits.

2020

died on June 7th, his grave is in the Salföld cemetery

MEMBERSHIPS

1973

Dunakanyar Photo Club

1978

National Association of Hungarian Journalists

1979

Association of Hungarian Photographers

1982

Art Fund (MAOE)

1997-2000

Chair of the Artistic Committee of the Association of Hungarian Photographers, Head of the First Artist Group

1998-1999

Curatorial Board member of the 1st, later the 2nd National Photo Weeks

2003

GödArt Group

2013

Correspondent member of the Hungarian Academy of Arts

2014

ull member of the Hungarian Academy of Arts

AWARDS

His works were awarded at numerous Hungarian and international exhibitions

1973

World Press Photo’s Golden Eye Award for his photograph The Family

1974

World Press Photo’s 3rd Prize for his photograph No Time to Wait

1977

ROFEO Guipuzcoa, San Sebastian

1989

Balázs Béla Award

1993

Kodak Prize, Dusseldorf

2018

Association of Hungarian Photographers – Lifetime Achievement Award

WORKS IN PUBLIC COLLECTIONS

• Museum of Modern Art, New York
• Photography Section of the National Media Museum, Bradford
• Hungarian Museum of Photography, Kecskemét
• Körmendi-Csák Gallery, Budapest
• Contemporary Photo Art Collection, National Széchényi Library, Budapest
• Ken Damy Museum, Brescia

MAIN SOLO EXHIBITIONS

He exhibited at over 50 group shows in Hungary and abroad, receiving several awards. Besides Hungary, his solo exhibitions were also on display in the following countries: Spain, Finland, Italy, Germany, Lithuania, Yugoslavia, Poland, Slovakia, Taiwan, France.

1978

San Sebastian (Spain)
Young Artists’ Club, Budapest
Budapest Cultural Centre, Budapest

1979

Photographs by László Török. Miskolc Art Gallery, Miskolc

1981

Station. Madách Gallery, Vác
Photo Gallery, Szolnok;
Bartók Gallery Szeged;
Horváth Endre Gallery, Balassagyarmat

1982

Gipsies. Gödöllő Gallery, Gödöllő

1983

Modifications. Helikon Gallery, Budapest

1984

Hungarian Cultural Institute, Helsinki

1986

Quotations. Photo Art Gallery, Budapest
Hungarian Cultural Institute, Rome

1988

Photographs by László Török. IPV Gallery, Budapest

1994

7 Points Gallery, Nuremberg (Germany)

1996

Details. Duna Museum, European Central Gallery, Esztergom

1997

Gipsies. Janus Pannonius Museum Gallery, Pécs

1998

Twenty-five years. Budapest Gallery Exhibition House, Óbuda

1999

L’ lmage Hongrie. 18th Le Mans Festival, Le Mans

2001

Details. Miró Photo Gallery, Budapest

2002

Pannon Courtyard, Mindszentkálla

2004

Olajfa House of Arts, Göd

2006

Modifications. Pictures from the past, also to the present. Kolta Gallery, Budapest
Olajfa House of Arts, Göd

2008

50-55-60 (exhibitors: Miklós Bakos – Kálmán Gábos - László Török)
Pajta (Shed) Gallery, Salföld
Collective exhibition of László Török and industrial artist, ceramist Rabie M. Hadie. Olajfa House of Arts, Göd

2016

9th International Photo Festival, Levice
Rondella Gallery, Esztergom

2018

Lifetime details – Cultural House, Salföld
Poesis - Photo Month in the Hungarian Cultural Institute in Bratislava

SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS

1981

Photo-Fact (Tény-kép), History of Hungarian Photography, Budapest

1981

1840-1981, Műcsarnok Art Gallery, Budapest

1985

II Nudo Nella Fotografia Dell Est Europeo, Accademia Albertina, Torino

1987

Hedendaagse Oosteuropese Naaktfotografie, Amsterdam
Hungarian Photography ‘87, Műcsarnok Art Gallery, Budapest

1989

Distinct Image (Más/Kép), Ernst Museum, Budapest

1990

The Fourth, exhibition of the Young Photo Artists Studio, Ernst Museum, Budapest
Colorado Photographic Center, Denver (curator)

1992

8th Photography Biennale in Esztergom

1993

Hungarian Photography ‘93, Vigadó Gallery, Budapest

1994

Group Photo (Csoportkép), Vigadó Gallery, Budapest

1995-1997

Contemporary Hungarian Photography, Pécs

1998

Nude in the 90’s, Vigadó Gallery, Budapest (curator)

1999

2nd National Photo Weeks, Miskolc Gallery, Miskolc
XXL photos – from the works of the First Artist Group, Trafó Gallery, Budapest
Contemporary Central European photographs, a selection of the collection of Museo Ken Damy in Brescia, Mai Manó House, Budapest
Hungarian World Press Photo Award-winners, National Association of Hungarian Journalists, Budapest

2001

National Photo Art Exhibition, Műcsarnok Gallery, Budapest

2004-2011

Winter Show, Vác; Olajfa House of Arts, Göd

2010

Selected Pictures, Museum of Fine Arts, Budapest

2011

Hungarian Photographers in the 20th century, entitled Witnesses, Royal Academy of Arts, London

2012

Polaroid, Museum of Hungarian Photography, Kecskemét
Kolta Gallery, Budapest

2013

Analog, KOGART, Budapest

2015

Hungarian Academy of Arts Photographers Exhibition, Belgrade- Kanjiža

2016

Replicas – contemporary Hungarian Collection, Pajta (Shed) Gallery and Cultural Centre, Salföld

2017

PhotoAssociates (Kép/Társak) – Exhibition of the academics and their guests of the Hungarian Academy of the Arts. Vigadó, Budapest

2017

Through the eyes of a Hungarian (Magyar szemmel) - Exhibition of the House of Hungarian Photographers in the National Museum in Warsaw

2017

Symbiosis No. 3 - Salföld Cultural Centre

2018

ART-TEXT Gallery Budapest exhibition Neo-avant-garde and New Wave in Hungarian Photography between 1965 and 2005, Kepes Institute, Eger

BOOKS

1983

Modifications. JAK-booklets 4. Magvető Publishing House, Budapest, Foreword by Tibor Zalán

1986

Encounters I-11. JAK-booklets, Nagyatád, (editor and partaker in both)

1988

21 Photographers (edited by: Mihály Gera and László Török) JAK-booklets 26.
Magvető Publishing, Budapest, 1988

1990

Quotations Photofolio, Photo Art Gallery, Budapest, (editor and partaker in both)

2006

Ferenc Markovics: Lights and Facts (Fények és tények)
For the 50th anniversary of the Association of Hungarian Photographers. MFSZ Folpress Publishing, Budapest, 2006

2007

Sándor Szilágyi: Neoavantgarde tendencies in Hungarian Photo Art between 1965- 1984

2010

Association of Hungarian Photographers: Selected Pictures – Péter Baki

2011

Witnesses - Royal Academy of Art, London - Péter Baki, Colin Ford

2013

Analog. 21 Hungarian photographers from the 20th century. Körmendi-Csák Photography Collection. (Words by: Colin Ford, Károly Kincses, Marianna Kiscsatári) Liberty Art Centre and Körmendi Publishing, Budapest, 2013

2016

Shed-Book (Pajta Könyv) - Salföld - Harnóczy Ö., Kincses K., Török L.

2016

Róbert Alföldi’s photo collection: Liberty of the Past