Éva Szombat

Budapest-based photographic artist from Hungary

Éva Szombat is a photographer based in Budapest, Hungary. She got her MA in photography from Moholy-Nagy University of Art and Design (MOME), and studied visual communication at ESAG Penninghen in Paris. Her works examine the phenomenon of happiness and mental well-being, and how they can manifest in people. She previously released two books on the subject: Happiness, and Practitioners. Her works were displayed in New York, Jerusalem, Milan, Lisbon, Vienna, Berlin, Bogota among other places. The series I Want Orgasms, Not Roses won the Robert Capa Grand Prize in 2021, later published by Kehrer Verlag in collaboration with Everybody Needs Art in 2022. She is currently attending doctoral school and teaching photography at MOME.

Her works have appeared in local and international magazines, and websites including, but not limited to, Vice, Huffington Post, GUP Magazine, Ignant, Contemporary Lynx, Calvert Journal, British Journal of Photography, Neon, Blink magazine, Vogue, Vanity Fair and Feature Shoot. She also worked with major brands, such as Telenor, Dove, Sloggi, Adidas, Huawei, Mastercard, Nikon, Lenovo, Samsung, McDonald's, Telekom, Tchibo, Glamour, Elle, Marie Claire.