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Esther Horvath is a Fellow at the International League of Conservation Photographers, iLCP, a photographer for Alfred Wegener Institute in Germany and a member of The Explorers Club.
During MOSAiC climate science expedition in the Central Arctic Ocean (2019-2020), Polarstern icebreaker served as the central observatory and base of the expedition for observing the Arctic atmosphere, ice, ocean, biogeochemistry and ecosystem.
Esther is the recipient of the Infinity Award 2022 by the International Center of Photography, New York.
She received the 1st prize in World Press Photo Award, Environmental single category in 2020.
She has received the Ranger Rick Photographer of the Year 2020 from National Wildlife Federation in the USA for advancing together with the Ranger Rick magazine’s mission: to inspire a love and understanding of wildlife and the natural world in young children.
She was born in Hungary and received her masters in economics from West Hungarian University. In 2012 following her passion for photography she moved to New York City in order to attend the International Center of Photography, where she graduated in Documentary and Photojournalism. After living 6 years in New York City, in 2018, Esther moved to Germany.
Bettina Haupt station leader of AWIPEV research station at Ny-Ålesund, Svalbard Bettina Haupt holds a weather balloon. Weather balloon launch is a part of an everyday experiment of AWIPEV station for the past 30 years.
Since 2015, Esther has dedicated her photography to the polar regions and documented fifteen scientific expeditions in the Arctic and in the Antarctic with behind the scene science stories so far. She follows the work of multiple science groups that are working to better understand the changing polar regions. We all know that the Arctic Ocean sea ice is melting and the Arctic is the fastest-changing environment on our planet. But who are the scientists that are delivering crucial climate change information and how do they work and live in the most remote locations and harshest environment on our planet? This is what Esther is truly interested. She wants to show the full research story behind our climate data. By documenting the work and life of scientists who deliver important data, Esther hopes to help make a difference in how people understand what actually is occurring in the polar regions, and in collaboration with scientists, help raise public awareness regarding these fragile environments.
In 2019-2020 she documented MOSAiC expedition in the Central Arctic Ocean, the largest ever Arctic Ocean science expedition. Her photo documentation of the expedition has been published by Prestel Verlag as “Expedition Arktis” (German edition) and “Into the Arctic Ice” (English edition).
Esther’s work has been featured in National Geographic, The New York Times, GEO, Stern, TIME, Audubon Magazine among others.
Books:
“Into the Arctic Ice” – published by Prestel Publishing in October 2020 in USA and UK (English edition)
“Expedition Arktis” – published by Prestel Publishing October 2020 in Germany (German edition)
Exhibitions:
Arctic – Gletscher Garten, Lucern, Switzerland, June 2022
Horizonte Zingst Environmental Festival “EDEN ISS” project, May 20-29, 2022, Zingst, Germany
COP26 – Polarnight exhibition in the blue zone of the climate conference, November 1-12, 2021, Glasgow, UK
Women of Arctic Science exhibition, Photoville, New York, 2021
Polarnight, SI Festival, Italy, September 2021
Polarnacht, Zingst Environmental Photo Festival, Zingst, Germany, May 10 – September 10, 2021
Polarnight, State Museum Nature and Human, Oldenburg, Germany , July 10 – August 1, 2021
Into the Arctic Ice, Silbersalz Film and Photo Festival, October, 2020
“Working with scientists”, Zingst Environmental Photo Festival, Zingst, Germany, May 2019 – February 2020
Everyday Climat Change at National History Museum in Verona, October, 2018
Films:
Arctic Drift – protagonist in the film
Talks:
TED Talk at the event TEDxKIT in Karlsruhe, Germany, “Journey to Polar Night”, October 2021
ICP Infinity Talk – International Center of Photography, New York, USA, April 24, 2022
Maryland Collage Institute of Art – Visiting Photojournalist Talk, Baltimore, USA, May 5, 2021
World Press Photo, Winning Images Explained, Amsterdam, Netherlands, April 1, 2021
Internation Center of Photography, New Photobook Releases, Into the Arctic Ice, New York, USA, March 30, 2021
Diversity in Photography, WildScreen Festival Bristol, UK, October 2020
Science Visualised with National Geographic in Photoville New York, USA, October 2020
“One Year in the Arctic”, The Explorers Club, New York, USA, February 3, 2020
