BIO

Balázs Mohai is a freelancer photographer from Budapest, Hungary. He studied Photojournalism at the Kaposvár University, spending a semester at the Volda University College, Norway. He has been working as a freelancer for the Hungarian News Agency since 2008. His photos from Hungary and surrounding countries have been published in several media – e.g. on the front page of The New York Times’ print version – through agencies like EPA, Bloomberg and AP.
Currently based in Budapest, Hungary.

STUDIES

2004-2008: University of Kaposvár, Faculty of Arts, Department of Photojournalism

2007: Erasmus Scholarship: Photo for media, Volda University College, Norway


AWARDS

2019: Hungarian Press Photo, 1. prize, Art stories category

2017: Hungarian Press Photo, 3. prize, Portraits category

2016: Hungarian Press Photo, 3. prize, Documentary Photo category

2015: Hungarian Press Photo, 1. prize, Sport stories category

2014: Hungarian Press Photo, 1. prize, Portraits category

2014: Hungarian Press Photo, 1. prize, Art stories category

2014: Hungarian Press Photo, 1. prize, Sport stories category

2014: Hungarian Press Photo, 2. prize, News Pictures stories category

2013: JUNIOR PRIMA AWARD, Best hungarian photojournalist under 30 years

2013: Hungarian Press Photo, 3. prize, Documentary Photo essay category

2013: Hungarian Press Photo , Best photographer under 30 years

2012: Hungarian Press Photo, 3. prize, Nature and Environment stories category

2012: Hungarian Press Photo, 3. prize, Documentary Photo essay category