Balazs Gardi

Gardi first studied photography under József Hefelle at the Budapesti Komplex SZC Kézművesipari vocational high school before attending the {{ill|Bálint György Journalism Academy|hu|Bálint György Újságíró Akadémia|lt=MÚOSZ Journalism School}} in Budapest{{Cite news |title=Exkluzív interjú Gárdi Balázs fotográfussal |language=hu |trans-title=Exclusive Interview with Photographer Balázs Gárdi |work=Fotó Art Magazin |url=http://www.fotoartmagazin.hu/rovatok/interju/25-exkluziv-interju-gardi-balazs-fotografussal |access-date=2022-07-29}} and later the University of Wales, Cardiff.{{Cite web|title=The Basetrack Project|url=http://www.graffitiofwar.com/the-basetrack-project.html|access-date=2020-09-30|website=The Graffiti of War Project|language=en|archive-date=2011-09-08|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110908062439/http://www.graffitiofwar.com/the-basetrack-project.html|url-status=dead}}

Gardi started working as a photographer for the daily newspaper Népszabadság around 2000.{{Cite web|title=Gárdi Balázs|url=http://www.tedxdanubia.com/speaker/gardi-balazs|access-date=2020-09-28|website=www.tedxdanubia.com|language=hu|archive-date=2016-05-30|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160530045431/http://www.tedxdanubia.com/speaker/gardi-balazs|url-status=dead}} In the mid-2000s, he spent two years documenting the Roma (Gypsy) minorities, photographing the often impoverished and discriminated peoples throughout a dozen Eastern European countries.{{Cite web|first1=Balazs|last1=Gardi|title=The Roma People by Balazs Gardi - The Digital Journalist (November 2006)|url=http://digitaljournalist.org/issue0611/dis_gardi.html|access-date=2020-09-28|website=digitaljournalist.org}} His photographs have appeared publications including Harper's Magazine,{{Cite magazine|date=2017-09-12|first1=Balazs|last1=Gardi|title=[Postcard] {{!}} Volunteer Army, by Balazs Gardi|url=https://harpers.org/2017/09/volunteer-army/|access-date=2020-09-29|magazine=Harper's Magazine|language=en}} National Geographic,{{Cite web|date=2016-03-22|title=See Powerful Pictures of How We're Using and Misusing Water|url=https://www.nationalgeographic.com/news/2016/03/160322-world-water-day-photographs-pictures-california-dubai-drought/|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191001213102/https://www.nationalgeographic.com/news/2016/03/160322-world-water-day-photographs-pictures-california-dubai-drought/|url-status=dead|archive-date=October 1, 2019|access-date=2020-09-28|website=National Geographic News|language=en}} The New York Times,{{Cite web|title=U.S. - Image - NYTimes.com|url=https://archive.nytimes.com/www.nytimes.com/imagepages/2012/10/15/us/JUMP-3.html|access-date=2020-09-29|website=archive.nytimes.com}}{{Cite web|last=Kamber|first=Michael|date=2010-12-21|title=Covering Marines at War, Through Facebook|url=https://lens.blogs.nytimes.com/2010/12/21/covering-marines-at-war-through-facebook/|access-date=2020-09-29|website=Lens Blog|language=en-US}} Wired,{{Cite magazine|title=Virginia's Election on Tuesday Will Test the Power of Silicon Valley's New Activists|language=en-us|magazine=Wired|url=https://www.wired.com/story/the-army-of-silicon-valley-activists-trying-to-elect-dems/|access-date=2020-09-29|issn=1059-1028}} Time,{{Cite magazine|title=Balazs Gardi|url=https://time.com/tag/balazs-gardi/|access-date=2020-09-28|magazine=Time}} Outside,{{Cite web|last=Motlagh|first=Jason|date=2017-11-01|title=It's Like the NFL. But with Horses and a Headless Calf.|url=https://www.outsideonline.com/2256191/its-nfl-horses-and-headless-calf|access-date=2020-09-30|website=Outside Online|language=en}} The Atlantic,{{Cite news|last=Stern|first=Jacob|title=Photos of California's Suffocating Smoke|work=The Atlantic|url=https://www.theatlantic.com/science/archive/2020/09/photos-western-wildfires/616306/|access-date=2020-09-30|issn=1072-7825}} Newsweek,{{Cite web|last=EST|first=Teddy Cutler On 2/28/16 at 2:02 AM|date=2016-02-28|title=Watch death-defying footage from the Red Bull Cliff Diving World Series|url=https://www.newsweek.com/cliff-diving-world-series-430785|access-date=2020-09-30|website=Newsweek|language=en}}{{Cite web|title=AI-AP Slideshow|url=https://www.ai-ap.com/slideshow/AP/28/balazs-gardi/|access-date=2020-09-30|website=www.ai-ap.com}} and The Guardian.{{cite news|first1=Akintunde|last1=Ahmad|accessdate=2021-02-08|title=Black or blue: the complex double-lives of Oakland's Black police officers|url=https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2020/oct/22/black-or-blue-the-complex-double-lives-of-oaklands-black-police-officers|newspaper=The Guardian|date=22 October 2020|issn=0261-3077}}

His series titled "Thirst," depicts human civilization in water stressed areas.{{Cite web|last=Gardi|first=Balazs|title=The Waters Beneath|url=https://foreignpolicy.com/2015/02/09/the-waters-beneath/|access-date=2020-09-28|website=Foreign Policy|language=en-US}} The Thirst series is part of Facing Water Crisis, Gardi's project documenting the impact of human population growth on water scarcity.{{Cite web|title=In the Pic with Balazs Gardi & Teru Kuwayama – Two Sides of the Story|url=https://www.frontlineclub.com/in_the_pic_with_balazs_gardi_and_teru_kuwayama_-_two_sides_of_the_story/|access-date=2020-09-30|website=Frontline Club|language=en}}

In 2010 and 2011, he documented the First Battalion, Eighth Marines, throughout their deployment in southern Afghanistan's war-torn deserts, in collaboration with Basetrack Live.{{Cite web|date=2014-10-03|title=Balazs Gardi in Afghanistan, video portraits of First Battalion, Eighth Marines|url=https://www.streamingmuseum.org/post/balazs-gardi-video-portraits|access-date=2020-09-28|website=Streaming Museum|language=en}}{{cite web|accessdate=2021-02-08|title=War photography? Isn't there an app for that?|url=http://www.theguardian.com/media/2011/jul/06/afghanistan-war-iphone-images|date=6 July 2011|website=the Guardian}} In Afghanistan, Gardi also experimented with using an iPhone as his primary camera, publishing a photo essay in Foreign Policy titled "The War in Hipstamatic".{{Cite web|last=Gardi|first=Balazs|title=The War in Hipstamatic|url=https://foreignpolicy.com/slideshow/the-war-in-hipstamatic/|access-date=2021-02-08|website=Foreign Policy|language=en-US}}

In 2011, Gardi travelled to rural KwaZulu-Natal Province of South Africa to document the communities who live there.{{Cite web|title=Balazs Gardi {{!}} Cresi|url=https://www.magnumfoundation.org/projects/2019/7/2/balazs-gardi-cresi|access-date=2020-09-28|website=Magnum Foundation|language=en-US|archive-date=2020-05-26|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200526121710/https://www.magnumfoundation.org/projects/2019/7/2/balazs-gardi-cresi|url-status=dead}} His work there was supported by a Magnum Foundation Fund grant.

In 2021, Gardi photographed the 2021 storming of the United States Capitol on assignment for The New Yorker.{{Cite magazine|last=Mogelson|first=Luke|title=Among the Insurrectionists|url=https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2021/01/25/among-the-insurrectionists|access-date=2021-02-08|magazine=The New Yorker|date=15 January 2021 |language=en-us}} Gardi's photographs accompanied an article titled "The Storm" by Luke Mogelson in the print edition of the January 25, 2021, issue.

• 2005: Getty Images Grant for Editorial Photography to continue his work with the Roma community{{Cite web|date=2005-09-07|title=Getty Images Announces Three New Winners of its 2005 Grants for Editorial Photography|url=https://creativepro.com/getty-images-announces-three-new-winners-of-its-2005-grants-for-editorial-photography/|access-date=2020-09-28|website=CreativePro.com|language=en-US}}{{Cite web|date=2005-09-01|title=Gardi, Lewis, And Weidenhoefer Each Win $20K Getty Images Editorial Photography Grants|url=https://nppa.org/news/450|access-date=2020-09-29|website=NPPA|language=en|archive-date=2021-07-21|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210721232935/https://nppa.org/news/450|url-status=dead}}
• 2006: Alexia foundation professional prize, for his series Afghanistan - Between War And Peace{{Cite web|title=Alexia Foundation : Balazs Gardi|url=https://www.alexiafoundation.org/stories/afghanistan-between-war-and-peace|access-date=2020-09-28|website=www.alexiafoundation.org|archive-date=2018-06-12|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180612212741/https://www.alexiafoundation.org/stories/afghanistan-between-war-and-peace|url-status=dead}}
• 2008: Winner, Photojournalism prize, Bayeux-Calvados Award for War Correspondents, for photographs from the war zones in Afghanistan.
• 2008: 1st Prize, General News, Stories category from World Press Photo
• 2008: 1st Prize, General News, Singles category, World Press Photo{{cite web|title=2008 Balazs Gardi GN1|url=https://www.worldpressphoto.org/collection/photo/2008/30674/1/2008-Balazs-Gardi-GN1|accessdate=2020-09-29|website=www.worldpressphoto.org}}
• 2009: Winner, Global Vision Award, Pictures of the Year International, for his "Thirst" series{{Cite web|title=Global Vision|url=https://poy.org/66/GVA/index.php|access-date=2020-09-30|website=poy.org}}
• 2018: A Sony World Photography Award for his work featuring Afghani Buzkashi players.{{cite news|accessdate=2021-02-08|title=Sony World Photography Award 2018, Overall winners revealed|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2018/04/19/sony-world-photography-award-2018-overall-winners-revealed/balazs-gardi-hungary-1st-place-sporthorsemen-fight-headless/|newspaper=The Telegraph|date=19 April 2018|issn=0307-1235}}{{Cite web|title="Buzkashi" by Balazs Gardi|url=https://www.worldphoto.org/sony-world-photography-awards/winners-galleries/2018/professional/buzkashi-balazs-gardi|access-date=2020-09-28|website=World Photography Organisation|language=en}}

{{Reflist}}

• [https://www.vanityfair.com/news/2019/02/men-are-scum-inside-facebook-war-on-hate-speech "Men are Scum": Inside Facebook's War on Hate Speech - Vanity Fair - photographs by Balazs Gardi]
• [https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2021/01/25/among-the-insurrectionists Among the Insurrectionists - photographs by Balazs Gardi]

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