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Zoom in, zoom out: Deeply personal and political pictures dominate Hungarian press photo exhibition

Political upheaval dominated the Hungarian Press Photo exhibition in 2025. Personal stories on how life is affected by tragedy and new technology such as AI, are at the heart of this year's competition entrants.

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00:01A mood for a change of government, parents raising children with serious illnesses, and ballet dancers,
00:07these were among the subjects that most captured the attention of Hungarian photojournalists in 2025.
00:14The 44th Hungarian press photo exhibition opened on Wednesday in Budapest.
00:19More than 6,200 entries were submitted by the 258 photographers to the competition.
00:25The exhibition features not only the first three prize-winning works in each of the 16 categories,
00:31and the special award winners, but also photographs that the jury considered particularly important or compelling.
00:38We do not have a picture at any time, if a politician is a pattanás.
00:46You can't have a picture at any time.
00:47At any moment, the picture appears from a competition, and at any moment, the picture appears from a competition.
01:12This year's Moore's grand prize went to freelance photographer Diana Nehmeh for her series Nimrod,
01:18while the Andrea Kertes grand prize was awarded to Noemi Napsugar-Meileg, a photographer with the Hungarian news website Telex.
01:27Noemi's most prestigious award came from documenting a personal tragedy.
01:32Following the death of her 18-year-old younger brother, she spent years photographing her grieving family and his former
01:38classmates.
01:39It was very difficult to create these pictures,
01:43and it was very difficult to create these pictures,
01:44and it was very difficult to create these pictures.
02:01On the other hand, I made a lot of children, so I didn't even show them to anyone.
02:08After that, I started to show them to my best friends and friends,
02:14and that was somehow in my job.
02:21The exhibition can be visited at the CAPA Centre until November 8th.
02:25This year, unusually, a travelling version of the exhibition is also touring Hungary.
02:30Thank you very much.

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