Dániel Halász

Daniel Halasz (born as Halász Dániel in Hungary, 1981) is a photographer living and working in New York City and Budapest, known for his contemporary landscapes and documentary work.

Halasz grew up in Hungary and later lived in Belgium and the United Kingdom|UK. After studying at the University of York and the London School of Economics, he was admitted to the Moholy-Nagy University of Art and Design Budapest. He also spent a semester at the Glasgow School of Art in 2009.

That same year he had a show at the world-renowned Saatchi Gallery in London. He was the grand prize winner of the Google Photography Prize,[1] where Halasz was chosen from 3600 entries from 82 countries around the world. His group won the Epson Art Photo Award from among 150 arts universities around the world and was subsequently exhibited at Art Cologne. Both of these awards had an expert jury with members like Martin Parr, Idris Khan and Andreas Gursky.

Halasz received the first prize of Imagine 2009,[2] an initiative of the European Year of Creativity and Innovation. The jury included Elina Brotherus, Chris Wainwright, Claude Bussac and François Hébel.

He moved to New York City in 2016. Since 2019 he is pursuing doctorate studies, researching and documenting cultural peripheries, from the smallest settlements to suburban areas.

In 2019 he was the winner of the Budapest Photography Grant,[3] was shortlisted for the Esterhazy Art Award[4] and became one of the three nominees for the Capa Grand Prize 2020.[5]

His works were shown in the US, Hungary, Germany, Belgium, Israel, Luxembourg, Canada, Spain, Sweden, Greece, Romania, Russia, Lithuania and the United Kingdom.