Adam Urban
Association of Hungarian Photo
Budapest, Hungary
Ádám Urbán was born in Budapest on 8 August 1976.
His photos taken at the Aszód Youth Detention Centre were compiled into an album in 2018. He spent a lot of time in the institution during this project, all but moving in with the convicted boys. The difficulty and challenges of the work process are well illustrated by the fact that almost a whole month had passed before he could take the first picture, until that he just spent time there without bringing his camera.
He has been working as an assistant of Kossuth Award recipient Péter Korniss for a long time, assisting him in several of his major works. He is proud of this friendship, and of how much he could learn from it.
Ádám Urbán has been taking photos of the events of the Capital Circus of Budapest, its training site, and the Imre Baross Acrobatforming School with relentless enthusiasm for ten years now. His photos not only document official shows, but every aspect of the circus also speaks from his pictures. The everyday routine of artists, the preparations and insider secrets reveal a brand-new perspective of the circus world to the layman.
According to his professional credo, he prefers simple and clear, yet meaningful content expressing original ideas. To communicate these, he strives for originality instead of following existing patterns; he is not afraid to take risks. To him, photography is all that put together, and this unique picture writing also serves as a synonym for bliss and diversity to him.
In 2019, he won the Rudolf Balogh Award. He has been awarded 13 times in the Hungarian Press Photo Competition. He is a member of the Association of Hungarian Photographers, and the art organisations RANDOM and PICTORIAL COLLECTIVE.
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