Sylvia Plachy was a staff photographer at the Village Voice from 1974-2004, chronicling the New York culture and politics in the 80’s and 90’s, as well as covering national and international events such as trips to Nicaragua, Kuwait, the Romanian Revolution, and the fall of the Eastern Block. Her talents were also sought out by New York Magazine, the New Yorker, Metropolis Magazine, and other publications where she contributed photo essays and portraits. In 2005, she graced the New York Times with her column of photographs.
Born in Budapest and compelled to leave Hungary with her parents following the 1956 Revolution, she immigrated to the US at the young age of 15. Her academic endeavors led to a BFA from Pratt Institute. Armed with six published works and exhibitions at prestigious venues such as The Whitney Museum at Philip Morris, the Minneapolis Institute of Art, and the Willy Brandt Haus in Berlin, she also showcased her talents in galleries in China, Tokyo, Paris, and Madrid. Her work can be found in esteemed collections such as MOMA, the Queens and Brooklyn Museums, the Houston Museum of Fine Art, and many others.
Her reputation as a distinguished photographer arose in 2010 when she was featured at Photo España. She has been honored with the Guggenheim Fellowship, the Page One Award for Journalism, and the Lucie and Dr. Erich Salomon Preis. Notably, her book “Unguided Tour” earned her an Infinity Award, while her book “Self Portrait with Cows Going Home” received the coveted Golden Light Award. In 2016, her exhibits in Romania and at the Boca Raton Museum of Art in Florida garnered high praise. Currently, she is part of a New York show at the Laurence Miller Gallery, concluding on February 25th, and featured in a presentation on Demonstrations at the Bronx Documentary Center, closing on March 5th. For over a decade, she has been teaching an end-of-term editing workshop at ICP with great success.
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