I’m honored that my photo series Butterfly Girl received the André Kertész Grand Prize at the 39th Hungarian Press Photo Contest, the most prestigious recognition for a human-centered photo story. This year, 296 photographers submitted 2,515 entries, totaling 7,237 images. The international jury included Tamás Szlukovényi, curator at the Archive of Modern Conflict and former Global News Pictures Editor at Reuters; Heidi Levine, award-winning photojournalist with Sipa Press; Stéphane Arnaud, Chief Photo Editor at AFP; Hannah Hess, Director of Content Development at EPA; and Tamás Szigeti, Hungarian photojournalist and long-time curator of the Hungarian Press Photo Exhibition. I’m grateful to the jury for this recognition.
Photo: Pavel Bogolepov / Népszava
