The best author of 11th PANNONIA REFLECTIONS 2025 is Istvan Kerekes from Hungary with 17 accepted photos and four awards!
Kerekes Istvan EFIAP/d3
Artist photographer, photojournalist. World champion and World record holder in art photography. Holder of – FIAP Best of the Best in the World 2023 – title. Hungarian photographer with the most awards. So far he has won more than 5000 prizes and awards in international and national photo competitions. In 2018, he was the world’s youngest who received for the achievement in the field of art photography, the Excellence FIAP Diamond3 distinction (EFIAP/d/3) bestowed by FIAP (International Federation of Photographic Art). When he get this honor it was only six photo artists with this distinction in the world. His most famous work is a portrait entitled Yelena, which has set an absolute unique record result having won over 690 awards in 62 countries on 6 continents. In 2021, in New York he won the iPhone Photographer of the Year Grand Prize title, which is considered the Oscars of mobilephone photography – For his achievement in the field of art-photography in August 2018 Mr. Janos Ader the President of Hungary donated to him the Hungarian Gold Cross Order of Merit. Webpage: www.kerekesistvan.com
I take photos from 1996: I started photographing nature. Now in my works I often capture deeply emotional and thought-provoking topics. My favorite themes are portraits of old people, children in a rural environment, monochrome and high contrast photographies, traditional and cultural elements, dramatic lighting and composition.
Taking photos is not just documentation, but an art form that conveys feelings, stories and destinies. A good photo is not only the result of technical knowledge, but also a mirror of the soul. A picture becomes human art when it evokes emotions in the viewer, makes them think, or an entire life in a single unspeakable moment, destinies, beauty and struggle alike.
Enjoy in gallery of his awarded and accepted photos:
