TIFA 2021 People / Life Style

Toxic Winter Swimming

  • Prize
    Silver in People/Life Style
  • Photographer
    Ewa Laskowska
  • Photo Date
    January 17, 2021

Winter Swimming - the most popular winter sport during a pandemic. During the pandemic, Poles believed that swimming in cold water would harden them and protect them from Covid-19. Warsaw, January 17, 2021. This photo got 1st place in INTERNATIONAL PHOTOGRAPHY AWARDS 2021 in the category People / Lifestyle.

Polish photographer born and lives in Warsaw. She works in the fields of street photo, landscape photography and develops personal projects related to her own experiences. Her photographic vision shows how a person interferes with the natural environment, but at the same time wants freedom. In her photos, she loves geometric forms that are created by light, reflections, and shadow. She shows the emotions that torment a person.