Writing & ambassadorship
Writing, Teaching & the OM SYSTEM Years
What writing and teaching bring to my photography
Writing about light and technique makes me explain choices I once made instinctively. Teaching does the same: a question from someone else often sends me back to my own working method. Both help me keep the equipment in the background and pay closer attention to the person in front of it.
The milestone
The Japan Times / Bridges — Reveal your artistic side
In 2018 Olympus, now OM SYSTEM, invited me to become its ambassador in Hungary. The work brought photography, education and communication together.
The Japan Times / Bridges article “Reveal your artistic side” describes this work through user experience, education and community. It provides context for the role alongside the articles and projects collected below.
Working with lighter mirrorless cameras gave me more freedom to move and maintain eye contact. What matters to me is how a tool helps a conversation continue while I photograph.
The Japan Times / Bridges OM SYSTEM AmbassadorsProfessional articles
Written for Tripont Problog and MILC Club, mostly in Hungarian.
The links below lead to the publisher or to a previously recorded archived copy. The source texts are in Hungarian; an English explanation is provided for each title. Some older sources may be temporarily unavailable.
- RGB photography — a new trend?RGB fotózás – az új trend · Tripont Problog · Hungarian · Publisher source
- Only one “dance partner” for the whole evening — working with the M.Zuiko 17mm PROAmikor csak egy táncpartnered van egész estére · MILC Club · Hungarian · Publisher source
- When a few Lume Cubes are at handAmikor kéznél van pár Lume Cube · Tripont · Hungarian · Publisher source
- A beginner photographer in New YorkEgy kezdő fotós New Yorkban · Tripont Problog · Hungarian · Archived source
- Nude photography at home, in the bathroomAktfotózás otthon, a fürdőszobában · Tripont Problog · Hungarian · Archived source
- Among the big names with the smallestA legkisebbel a nagyok között · Tripont Problog · Hungarian · Archived source
Memberships & artistic affiliations
Personal artistic affiliations and ambassadorships are listed alongside clearly identified organizational memberships of Banhalmi Norbert e.U.
- 2018.09.18 — OM SYSTEM (Olympus) — official brand ambassador, Hungary
- 2023 — Pannon Fényképészkör Egyesület — honorary member
- 2023.11.27 — WKO Wien · Landesinnung der Berufsfotografen — Banhalmi Norbert e.U. professional membership
- 2026 — AmCham Austria — Banhalmi Norbert e.U. organizational membership
- 2026 — Magyar Fotóművészek Világszövetsége (MFVSZ)
- 2026 — Budapest Artineris — accepted artist participant / artist profile
Education
- New York Institute of Photography — 2015
- Applied photographer qualification — 2018
- BEng Information Engineering — 2005
Recognition
- Turul Award — 2021, 2022, 2023, 2024, 2025
- TOP100 of Hungary — 2022
- OM SYSTEM Ambassador since 2018
