Biography
juditruprech@gmail.com
+36 30 578 26 25
Documentary photographer based in Hungary, available for local projects as well as international assignments.
She was born in Pécs (Hu) in 1987.
“I have always been a contemplative person; I read a lot as a child. I gladly leant against the railing on our fourth-floor balcony to narrate the imaginary discourses of the people coming and going in the housing estate, to invent stories about them.”
In her last years of high school, she discovered photography as a form of expression. She did not study this subject at university yet; she graduated in history in 2011. The hobby gradually became her passion, her way of life, and then her profession as well: she is a freelance photojournalist and documentary storyteller.
Although she absorbs everything about photography mainly as an autodidact, over time she also qualified as an applied photographer and graphic designer. Her turn towards documentary photography was confirmed once and for all by her graduation from Photojournalism (2016–2017) at the Bálint György Journalism Academy of MÚOSZ (Association of Hungarian Journalists).
She sees the camera as a tool that allows her to "legally" get involved in unexpected situations and be present on occasions where she should have no business at all being there. She can meet people she would not otherwise cross paths with. She works with storytelling to give voice to the issues that matter to her. Rather than chasing after pretentious images, she sometimes likes to resort to everyday subjects. In her long-term projects, she is interested in the dynamics of communities; she approaches her subjects with an athropologist attitude. She works with a solution-oriented focus; in addition to highlighting negative trends, it inspires her to share with viewers and readers forward-looking initiatives and efforts to improve the situation.
Awards
2024 1st prize in Nature and Science (sequence) category at the 42nd Hungarian Press Photo Contest
2024 Special prize for sustainability by SPAR at the 42nd Hungarian Press Photo Contest
2022 Károly Hemző-award (recognizing the work of documentary photographers under 35)
2020 Honorka Hégető-award (for works highlighting social issues and possible responses)
2014 Ranked among the 30 winners of 30 under 30 women photographers
Grants
2023 Hungarian Academy of Arts art scholarship for the years 2023-2026
2022, 2017, 2016 Creative Grant of the National Cultural Foundation (NKA)
2020 Creative Grant of Károly Hemző Foundation
2016 For The Nation’s Young Talents grant
Workshops
2023 November VII Academy Level 3 Program for Narrative and Documentary Practice
2022-2023 NOOR Visualising Climate Crisis Workshop
2022 VII Academy 2022 Sarajevo Seminar for Documentary and Narrative Practice
2021 VII Academy Central and South Eastern Europe: Photojournalism and Documentary Photography Seminar
Exhibitions
2023 Visualizing Climate Crisis group exhibition in Bratislava organized by NOOR and Slovak Pressfoto
2023 CinEast Festival Luxembourg group exhibition titled Adaptations
2023 Gentle Freedom solo exhibition in the 8F Gallery of the Capa Center, Budapest
2023 Solo exhibition presenting the Nyim Eco Community in Szaporcai Cifraház, Szaporca, Hungary
2021 Gruop exhibition - Images of Light, 2nd National Salon of Photography (Műcsarnok)
2017 Solo exhibition titled Passing by in Marcali Cultural Center, Marcali, Hungary
2013 Solo exhibition titled Stretching Shadows in Pécs
Articles
https://capacenter.hu/kiallitasok/ruprech-judit-szelid-szabadsag/
https://www.noorimages.com/visualising-climate-crisis-central-europe
https://punkt.hu/2022/06/23/ruprech-judit-hazai-okokozossegeket-bemutato-sorozataival-nyerte-el-a-hemzo-dijat-2022-ben/
https://kultura.hu/nemcsak-a-problemakat-akarom-megmutatni-hanem-a-lehetseges-megoldasokat-is-ruprech-judit-hemzo-dijas-fotos/
https://blog.capacenter.hu/2023/06/12/a-honap-alkotoja-ruprech-judit/