Bio
Noémi Napsugár Melegh (b. 1990) is a Hungarian photojournalist and documentary photographer, currently a staff photographer for telex.hu and, since 2025, a member of Pictorial Collective. Her work focuses on long-form documentary projects that highlight personal narratives and marginalized communities, while she is also developing a deeply personal series about grief and the loss of her younger brother.
She studied economics (BA, MSc) and worked in health economics before turning to photography. Since then, she has been a fellow of the VII Academy Documentary Photography Seminar (Level 1 and 2), the Canon Student Development Programme, and the Eddie Adams Workshop, and also participated in a Magnum workshop at the Capa Center.
Her projects have been recognized with multiple awards, including the Hemző Károly Prize (2023), the Escher Károly Prize and the Móricz-Sabján Simon Special Prize (2024), and several Hungarian Press Photo Contest awards (2023, 2024, 2025). She was selected as one of Futures’ emerging photographers in 2024. Her work has been exhibited at the Robert Capa Center, Telep Gallery, and in various group shows.