Peter Korniss was born in Kolozsvar (Cluj, Transylvania, Romania) in 1937. Theatre and dance photography have always been at the focus of his professional career, he is a documentary photographer. He dedicated more than forty years to photographing the traditional peasant life in Eastern Europe, mainly in Transylvania. His photo albums, Heaven’s Bridegroom (1975), Passing Times (1979), Inventory - Transylvanian Pictures (1998) and Attachment (2008) stand for tribute to a disappearing culture. Meanwhile he spent ten years following the life of a migrant worker, which resulted in the book entitled The Guest Worker (1988). He has been a member of the Advisory Board of the W. Eugene Smith Memorial Fund (USA) since 1983 and of the World Press Photo International Advisory Committee since 1984. In 2007, he became founding member of the World Photographic Academy.
