About

Lilla Szász was born 1977 in Budapest, lives and works in Lisbon and Budapest. Her sensitive, diary-like series of photos explores social taboos and different forms of otherness. Her works portray human vulnerability and give an insight into the lives of marginalized social groups, prostitutes, young criminals living in institutions, or even an HIV-positive elderly woman. Her projects have been exhibited at the Photo España in Madrid, the National Gallery in Warsaw and the Fotohof in Salzburg, among others. In 2018 and 2019, she conducted researches in Lisbon, at Hangar Artist Residency, and New York as a Fellow of the Asylum Arts Grant.