György Karolyi was born in 1988 in Budapest and attended the Budapest Services and Crafts School faculty of Photography. He became an apprentice at Flashback Photo Studio in 2007 as well as an assistant to Csaba Barbay.

Since 2009, György has been a full time still life photographer and post production operator. He has worked for Hungarian and international clients such as Omorovicza, Hair Club, The Four, Glamour Hungary, Cosmopolitan Hungary and Room Magazine.

His personal work focuses on subjective documentary and experimental imaginary. He has been a member of the Studio of Young Photographers in Hungary since 2011.