Capa Prize holder photographer Moricz-Sabjan dies at 42
Internationally acclaimed photographer Simon Moricz-Sabjan died in an accident at the age of 42 on Wednesday, his wife told MTI on Thursday.
Moricz-Sabjan won the Capa Grand Prize for Permanently Overcast, a photo series on life in Hungary’s Great Plain, last October.
Born in 1980 in Kiskunhalas, in southern Hungary, Moricz-Sabjan worked with the daily Nepszabadsag, Manager Magazin and business daily Vilaggazdasag. He won numerous awards including that of the China International Press Photo Contest twice, Pictures of the Year International (POYi), NPPA Best of Photojournalism, Prix International de la Photographie, PDN, FCBarcelona Photo Award, Slovak Press Photo and ASPAward.
His work was shown in the House of Hungarian Photographers, the Capa Centre, Arles, Barcelona, Denver, Milano and several other locations.
