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Heti Fortepan [Weekly Fortepan] blog showcasing stories behind the archive photographs of the Fortepan digital photo archive
editor from 2020
a cooperation between Fortepan and the Capa Center
https://hetifortepan.capacenter.hu
Prix Pictet, the global award in photography and sustainability – London (UK)
nominator from 2022
https://prixpictet.com/nominator-list
József Pécsi Photography Scholarship | MANK (Hungarian Creative Arts Nonprofit Ltd.) – Szentendre (Hungary)
jury member from 2021
together with Gabriella Csizek, Gábor Arion Kudász, Gergely Szatmári and Ádám Urbán
https://alkotomuveszet.hu/in-english
Leica Oskar Barnack Award – Wetzlar (Germany)
nominator from 2020
https://www.leica-oskar-barnack-award.com/en/loba-2020/the-nominators.html
Gabriele Basilico Prize in Architecture and Landscape Photography – Milan (Italy)
nominator from 2019
http://premiogabrielebasilico.ordinearchitetti.mi.it
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expert on several portfolio review panels, eg. Rencontres d’Arles, Triennale der Photographie Hamburg, Format Festival, PHotoESPAÑA, FotoIstanbul, Fotofestiwal Łódź, Futures Unseen
Capa Center's Capa vs. War campaign done by Innocean Berlin won a Bronze Lion at one of the most prestigious international advertising competitions, at Cannes Lions, in two categories, Print & Publishing and Outdoor in 2024
Capa Center's Machines don't see the world as humans do campaign done also by Innocean Berlin won a silver medal in one onether prestigious communications competitions at Epica Awards in 2023
Machines don't see the world as humans do video spots
Study tour and portfolio review at Centrul de Resurse în Fotografie in Bucharest (Romania)
April 26–28, 2024
organized by Sorin Florea, Andreea Irina Leu and Ion Borsan
together with Barbara Čeferin, Natan Dvir, Sára Jeleňová, Weronika Kobylińska, Jenny Lindhe, Arianna Rinaldo, Marta Szymanska, Jessica Williams and Wiktoria Michalkiewicz
photo history course at Moholy-Nagy University of Art and Design Budapest (Hungary)
lecturer in 2022–2023
Fotograf Open Call – Prague (Czech Republic)
jury member, 2019, 2022
in 2022 together with Francois Deschamps, Thale Fastvold, Verena Kaspar-Eisert, Kateryna Radchenko and Olia Triaška Stefanović
https://fotografmagazine.cz/en/?magazine=2022-open-call-winners
in 2019 together with Agnieszka Olszewska, Marie Sarycheva, Kateryna Radchenko, Arnis Balčus, Arno Gisinger, Seok Jae-Hyun, Mirjam Kooiman and Pavel Vančát
https://fotografmagazine.cz/en
World Press Photo contest – Amsterdam (The Netherlands)
jury member, regional jury for Europe, 2022
together with Simona Ghizzoni, Mads Nissen, Nestan Nijaradze and Stephanie Harke
https://www.worldpressphoto.org/contest/2022/jury
https://www.worldpressphoto.org/istvan-viragvolgyi
New Irish Works IV Open Call | PhotoIreland – Dublin (Ireland)
jury member, 2022
together with Anna-Kaisa Rastenberger, Bindi Vora, Cale Garrido, Elias Redstone, Myrto Steirou and João Linneu, Kate Strain, Kwasi Ohene-Ayeh, Natasha Christia and Rein Deslé
https://newirishworks.com/news/new-irish-works-2022-call
Futures Photography Platform
partner representative, 2017–2021
in partnership with Unseen Amsterdam (NL), British Journal of Photography (UK), The Calvert Journal (UK), CAMERA (IT), Hyères Festival (FR), FOMU (BE), Fotofestiwal Lodz (PL), PHotoESPAÑA (ES), PhotoIreland (IR), Photo Romania Festival (RO) and Triennial of Photography Hamburg (DE)
https://futures-photography.com
World Press Photo 6x6 Global Talent Program – Amsterdam (The Netherlands)
nominator 2019–2021
https://www.worldpressphoto.org/programs/develop/6x6/nominators/38298
Máté Bartha was selected as one of the six talents from Europe in 2019: https://www.worldpressphoto.org/news/2019/6x6-europe-second-cycle/39077
https://www.worldpressphoto.org/programs/develop/6x6/europe/mate-bartha/39062
Meitar Award for Excellence in Photography | PHOTO IS:RAEL – Tel Aviv (Israel)
jury member, 2020, 2021
together with David Adika, Michael Benson, Maya Benton, Dr Susan Bright, Krzysztof Candrowicz, Sian Davey, Mirjam Kooiman, Grzegorz Kosmala, Dafna Meitar Nechmad and Rivka Saker
https://www.photoisrael.org/meitar
BJP Portrait of Humanity – London (UK)
jury member, 2020
together with Elizabeth Krist, Caroline Hunter, Mallory Benedict, Joe Sidek, Aquin Mathews, Carol Allen Storey and Simon Bainbridge
https://portraitofhumanity.co/judges
https://portraitofhumanity.co/istvan-viragvolgyi
https://www.bjp-online.com/2019/10/portrait-of-humanity-2020-is-now-open-for-entries
Fotofestiwal Open Call – Łódź (Poland)
jury member, 2020
together with Krzysztof Candrowicz, Marc Mouarkech, Azu Nwagbogu, Marina Paulenka and Marta Szymańska
http://fotofestiwal.com/2019/en/open-call
https://contests.picter.com/open-call-fotofestiwal-2020
Recipient of the Rencontres d’Arles curatorial research fellowship
Rencontres d’Arles international photography festival, Arles (France) 2018–2019
http://viristvan.com/index.php/project/walls-of-power
Parallel European Photo Based Platform
partner representative from 2017 to 2019
in partnership with Procur.arte (PO), Le Château d’Eau (FR), Galleri Image (DK), Fondazione Fotografia Modena (IT), Format International Photography Festival – Derby Quad (UK), FotoFestiwal Lódz (PL), Kaunas Photography Gallery (LT), ISSP (LV), Katalog Journal of Photography & Video (DK), Landskrona Foto (SE), Organ Vida (CR), UGM Maribor Art Gallery (SI), The Finnish Museum of Photography (FI), Odessa Photo Days (UKR), YET Magazine (CH), PhotoIreland (IE) and Tbilisi Photography & Multimedia Museum (GG)
https://parallelplatform.org
Descubrimientos/Discoveries Award | PHotoESPAÑA – Madrid (Spain)
jury member, 2019
together with Angel Luis González and Maya Anner
http://www.phe.es/en/phe-2019/profesional-programmes/discoveries-phe-19/discoveries-phe-award
Károly Hemző Award – Budapest (Hungary)
nominator, 2018, 2019
http://hemzokaroly.hu
World Biennial of Student Photography | Academy of Arts – Novi Sad (Serbia)
jury member, 2017
together with David Pujadó, Željko Mandić, Donald Weber and Marina Paulenka
http://www.studentbiennial-ns.com/2017/index2017.php?kojaStranica=Jury
ON_AWARD | OFF Festival – Bratislava (Slovakia)
jury member, 2016
together with Ľubo Stacho, Dorota Sadovská and Zuzana Lapitková
https://offbratislava.sk/on-award
Different Worlds Contest | Photon Gallery – Ljubljana (Slovenia)
jury member, 2016
together with Sophia Greiff, Jasna Jernejšek and Lara Plavčak
http://photongallery.at/?owlabpfl=different-worlds-2&lang=en
30th Hungarian Press Photo Contest | Association of Hungarian Journalists (MÚOSZ) – Budapest (Hungary)
jury member, 2012
together with Tony Hicks, Marián Pauer, Radu Sigheti and Péter Szalmás
http://www.sajto-foto.hu