About Tünde Valiszka | Dystopian Romanticism™ Fine Art & Street Photography

I photograph the future, not the past.

I’m Tünde Valiszka, a photographer and creative director, and the founder of Dystopian Romanticism™, a visual language that fuses cyberpunk atmosphere, cinematic street photography and unapologetically human emotion. Think rain-slicked streets, neon color, quiet isolation and that small, stubborn flicker of hope.

I held a camera before I could read. I later earned a BA in Journalism & Media and an MSc in Marketing at Birkbeck, University of London, but the work that shaped me happened on the street: alone, at night, learning how to make light carry feeling. Over time those pictures cohered into a system, shot plans, color pipelines, delivery for press and packaging, and into a philosophy: images that refuse gloss for gloss’s sake and look for tenderness inside the dystopian.

In 2025 I was selected as a Sony Alpha Female. The same year I created the visual identity and album photography for TAILGUNNER (signed to Napalm Records), with the album produced by K.K. Downing (Judas Priest). I led creative direction, production and delivery for the booklet, back cover and press/EPK suite, work that was credited across the band, the label and international rock/metal media.

Commercially, I’ve delivered campaigns with Jägermeister and Adobe, built launch visuals adopted by global teams, and twice served as the official photographer of the Soho Christmas Lights in London. My portraits and employer-brand shoots are booked by founders and senior talent across tech and creative industries, including professionals from Apple, Google, Discord and Reddit, who want leadership imagery that feels modern, cinematic and true.

I also teach this language of images. I’ve been faculty at the London School of Photography and a guest lecturer at the University of Roehampton, running workshops on cinematic night photography, color and narrative for brand use. Earlier in my career I worked across the industrial and alternative scenes, photographing bands such as Combichrist, Hocico and Aesthetic Perfection, translating sound into visual worlds.

Credentials:

Sony Alpha Female 2025
Napalm Records / Tailgunner – album visuals (producer: K.K. Downing)
Campaigns/commissions: Jägermeister, Adobe
Official photographer: Soho Christmas Lights (twice)
Teaching: London School of Photography (faculty), University of Roehampton (guest lecturer)
Clients & sitters from Apple, Google, Discord, Reddit