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The Winner of Károly Hemző Prize in 2016: Balázs Mohai – It’s nice to be together

Open to the public:
2017. 06. 13. – 2017. 07. 09.
weekdays 2 pm – 7 pm
weekends 11 am – 7 pm
closed on public holidays
The exhibition is free to visit.
Curator: Klára Szarka

It has become a tradition, that the Mai Manó House and the Hemző Károly Foundation organise every year the exhibition of the Hemző Prize winner of the previous year. In 2016, the prize was awarded to Balázs Mohai for his photo series “It’s Nice To Be Together”. A selection from this work is presented at the Bookshop Gallery of the Mai Manó House. The exhibition’s curator is photo historian Klára Szarka.

Együtt ébrednek reggel hétkor, mielőtt munkába indulnának. Más Down-szindrómásokkal közös otthonban laknak, de külön szobában alszanak. They wake up at 7 am, before going to work. They live together in a home with other people with Down syndrome, but they sleep in a separate room. 2015–2017
Együtt ébrednek reggel hétkor, mielőtt munkába indulnának. Más Down-szindrómásokkal közös otthonban laknak, de külön szobában alszanak. They wake up at 7 am, before going to work. They live together in a home with other people with Down syndrome, but they sleep in a separate room. 2015–2017
Bár az otthonban sokan élnek együtt, ők szeretnek mindent kettesben csinálni. Although there are many people living in this home, they like to do everything in couple. 2015–2017
Bár az otthonban sokan élnek együtt, ők szeretnek mindent kettesben csinálni. Although there are many people living in this home, they like to do everything in couple. 2015–2017
Költenek magukra a hétköznapokban, de a bevételükből tudnak spórolni is. They spend money on themselves in their daily routine, but they can also save from their income. 2015–2017
Költenek magukra a hétköznapokban, de a bevételükből tudnak spórolni is. They spend money on themselves in their daily routine, but they can also save from their income. 2015–2017
Torna előtt egy parkban töltik el az időt. They spend time time in a park before the physical exercise. 2015–2017
Torna előtt egy parkban töltik el az időt. They spend time time in a park before the physical exercise. 2015–2017
A közösségben eltöltött idő nem mindig zökkenőmentes az ő párkapcsolatukban sem. Egy-egy konfliktus nehéz napokat hozhat. The time spent in the community is not always trouble free in their relationship, either. Conflicts may bring some difficult days. 2015–2017
A közösségben eltöltött idő nem mindig zökkenőmentes az ő párkapcsolatukban sem. Egy-egy konfliktus nehéz napokat hozhat. The time spent in the community is not always trouble free in their relationship, either. Conflicts may bring some difficult days. 2015–2017
Napjaikat kora reggeltől estig kitöltik a foglalkozások, a munka és egyéb elfoglaltságok. Az intenzív időbeosztás végén minden nap szeretnek kettesben lenni. Tamás így mondja: „mert együtt szép”. From morning till night, their days are filled with work, therapies and other activities. At the end of their intensive schedule, they like to be together at the end of the day. As Tamás says: „because it’s nice to be together”. 2015–2017
Napjaikat kora reggeltől estig kitöltik a foglalkozások, a munka és egyéb elfoglaltságok. Az intenzív időbeosztás végén minden nap szeretnek kettesben lenni. Tamás így mondja: „mert együtt szép”. From morning till night, their days are filled with work, therapies and other activities. At the end of their intensive schedule, they like to be together at the end of the day. As Tamás says: „because it’s nice to be together”. 2015–2017

„Alexandra Szabó and Tamás Juhász –they are people with Down syndrome. They joined each other a couple of years ago, meaning that they are together round the clock, since they always stand by each other in order to help each other. They can live together almost independently.” (Balázs Mohai)

Professional CV

He was born in 1984 in Budapest.  He studied photojournalism and photo editing at the Kaposvár University, then he got a scholarship for the Photo for Media course at the Volda University College in Norway. He was a trainee at the Historical Photo Department of the Hungarian National Museum and later at the photo editorial room of the Hungarian News Agency MTI. He has been working as a freelance photojournalist for the Hungarian News Agency since 2008. He has been making classical photo reports and he is mainly interested in documentary photography in his work. He has been looking for stories in both Hungary and abroad. He was awarded the Junior Prima Prize and 11 prizes at the Hungarian Press Photo Contests, including the Special Prize for the Best Photojournalist Under 30.  He is a member of the Pictorial Collective. He was awarded the Károly Hemző Prize in 2016.

Prizes and Awards

2017 Hungarian Press Photo Contest, Portrait (series) category, 1st Prize
2016 Károly Hemző Prize
2016 Hungarian Press Photo Contest, Documentary Photography category, 3rd Prize
2015 Hungarian Press Photo Contest, Sports (series) category, 1st Prize
2014 Hungarian Press Photo Contest, Portrait (series) category, 1st Prize
2014 Hungarian Press Photo Contest, Art category, 1st Prize
2014 Hungarian Press Photo Contest, Sports (series) category, 1st Prize
2014 Hungarian Press Photo Contest, Photo Report category, 2nd Prize
2013 Junior Prima Prize
2013 Hungarian Press Photo Contest, Documentary Photography (series) category, 3rd Prize
2013 Hungarian Press Photo Contest, Special Prize for the Best Photojournalist Under 30
2012 Hungarian Press Photo Contest, Nature and Science, (series) category, 3rd Prize
2012 Hungarian Press Photo Contest, Documentary Photography (series) category, 3rd Prize
2009 Magyar Turizmus Zrt., “The Year of Festivals” contest, 2nd Prize
2007 Hungarian University and College Press Association, “Photo of the Year” contest, 1st Prize
2005 Cantabria-Europa International Photo Contest, Sports category, 2nd Prize
2000 Szentendre 2000 Photo Contest, 3rd Prize