Szalay Zoltán: FEL (EL) SZÁLLOTT A PÁVA (Kiállítási katalógusok - Szentendre, Szabadtéri Néprajzi Múzeum, 2007)

ZOLTÁN SZALAY H-1056 Budapest, Belgrád rakpart 2. Born on the 16th May 1935 in Budapest Studies: 1962: MÚOSZ School for Journalism 1973: ML college, studies of aesthetics Employments: 1954-1964: The Capital's Photography Enterprise, reporting department 1958-1988: Radio- and TV-magazine, as press photographer 1964-1983: Tükör, Új Tükör, weekly picture magazine, as press photographer 1983-1984: IPV - picture editor 1985-1990: Magyar Hírlap - picture editor and head of the photo column 1990-1992: Kurír - picture editor and head of the photo column 1993-1995: Blikk - picture editor and head of the photo column from 1995 free-lance press photographer Exhibitions: 1965: Club of Young Artists: common exhibition with the painter László Gyémánt 1976: "On the road" in the Gallery Fényes Adolf 1980-85: Chamber exhibitions: "Two reports", "We, the steelworkers" from 1981 Organisation of the exhibitions PRESS PHOTO 1996-97: "The Faces of Music" Budapest, Szolnok, Sárospatak, Veszprém 1999: "Faces, Eyes, Movements", HungarianNationalMuseum, Budapest 2000: "The decade of the change of regime in pictures", Politics-historic Institute, Budapest 2003: "The Miraculous Mandarin and his time" Pécsi Balett; Gallery Bethlen, Budapest; Pécs; House of the Arts, Szeged 2004: "The Faces of Music", Zürich 2004: "We used to be like this" Galerie KOGART, Budapest 2004: "Exhibition to honour the 15th anniversary of the National Round Table" in the Parliament, Budapest 2004: "Year of the culture of the Ten", Berlin. Exhibition of the 10 new member states in the EU 2005: "We used to be like this" Berlin, Hungarian Institute, Bremen Books: 1993: The Parliament 1995: The 70 years of the Hungarian Radio 1999: Volume within the series of Fotótár: Szalay Zoltán 2004: WE USED TO BE LIKE THIS, Hungary's past 50 years Social commitments: from 1958: Member of MÚ0SZ (Association of Hungarian Journalists) from 1967: Member of the Association of Hungarian Photo Artists 1978-1981 : Head of the photo branch at the Journalism Academy Bálint György 1980-1990: Head of the studio of Young Press Photographers 1999-2004: President of the Press Photographer's department of MÚ0SZ 2002-2004: President of the board of MÚ0SZ from 2004 Trustee at the advisory board for photography in the National Cultural Foundation Awards: 1962: Golden medal of the Association of Young Photo Artists 1975: Quality Award of the president of the Hungarian Radio 1977: Quality Award of the president of the Hungarian Television 1986: Silver medal of the Order of Labour 1989: "Journalist of the Year" at Magyar Hírlap 1995: Minor Cross of the Order of the Republic 2000: Táncsics Mihály Award, Pulitzer Memory Award 2005: Life achievement award by the Association of Hungarian Photo Artists 5