Papp Elek
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He was born on the 20th August 1965, in Nagykőrös, Hungary. A qualified optician, optometrist, contactologist. He graduated as an engineer in 1986, and as a teacher-engineer in 1989 from KKVMF (Kandó Kálmán College of Electrical Engineering) and as an optometrician in 1995 from HIETE (Hajnal Imre University of Medicine). His master was István Tóth, "The Excellent Photographer of the Century" (New York 1980)
He has had his photos juried on international exhibitions since 2002. As a recognition to his outstanding photographic work, the Photographic Society of America asked him to be one of their members. He was ten times within the Top 25 best photographers of the PSA Journal’s statistics of „Who's Who in Photography“ as the only Hungarian.
His honored titles:
Hungarian State Golden Cross 2019
Sextuple first in Who's Who in Photography
The Photographer of the Year (MAFOSZ) 2011, 2007, 2006, 2005
The Photographer of the Year (MFVSZ) 2013, 2011, 2009
Hungart Creative Fellowship 2009
Prima Prize of Mid-Hungary 2007
The Photographer of the Year - by TIT (Association of Popular Education) 2007, 2004