Balazs Gardi is a freelance
photographer most well known for documenting the everyday lives of diverse
communities in great need, traveling to the corners of the earth following
inspiring stories. His worldwide independent expedition exploring the far-reaching
consequences of the global water crisis has recently evolved into Azdarya, an online magazine
solely dedicated to water.
In the past fifteen years, he has
worked with numerous major corporate clients and has been published by leading
editorial outlets. He was awarded the Willie Vicoy Fellowship/Reuters
Foundation at the School of Journalism for Media and Cultural Studies at
Cardiff University for academic studies in 2002 as well as the World Press Photo
Joop Swart Masterclass in Rotterdam in 2000. Currently
Balazs is a 2013 INK Fellow.
His photos have received many of
the top awards by international juries such as the Global Vision Award from Picture of the
Year International in 2009, the Bayeux Calvados
Award For War Correspondents in 2008, the PX3 Photographer of
the Year in 2008, the 1st Prize in the General News
Series category from World Press
Photo in 2008, as well as the 1st Prize in their General News Single category in 2008, and in 2002
he won theWorld Press Photo Sports Stories Award. He has been the
recipient of the Magnum Emergency
Fund Grant in 2011, the Alexia Foundation
Grant for World Peace in 2006, and the Getty Images Grant for Editorial Photography in 2005.
All
images © Balazs Gardi
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