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Photographer

Wioletta Sędłak
Date of Photograph

March 2015
Technical Info

Canon EOS 5D Mark III
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Website

http://lettased.com

Happyland - name does not come from the English word "Happiness", but rather from the word "Hapilan" from the Filipino native dialect and meaning landfill, stinking garbage. In a small fishing village about 10 km from the center of Manila, the Philippine government built temporary buildings for poor people gathering and segregating trash. Without government support, in about two decades, temporary buildings have turned into ruins and have become a permanent place of living for hundreds of people. Among garbage, stench, are born, live and die people. Pictures were taken in Happyland, Philippines, 2015r.

Biography

Letta Sed graduated studies with a master degree in Chemistry at Adam Mickiewicz University in Poznan, Poland. In 2012-2015 she studied Photography at the Warsaw School of Photography and Graphic Design. This last studies and her chemistry background gave her the opportunity to express herself through both the fine art photography and the visual art, as well as helped her develop herself in the reportage and documentary photography. In her fine art photography, she uses different techniques: digital and handmade collage, experimental techniques and new media. Recent she focus on abstractions
Awards

2022 - "double Gin" - 19th Julia Margaret Cameron for Women Photographers(JMCA),honorable mentioned in Fine art category - "behind the curtain", "goodbye to the man" - honorable mentioned in Abstract category 2021 - "young woman resting on the grass", "surprised woman" - 17th JMCA - honorable mentioned in Abstract category - "woman in bath" - 17th(JMCA) - honorable mentioned in Fine Art category - "perception" - London International Creative Competition (LICC), shortlist in the SHOOT (Photo/Video) category - "flowers" - International Photography Awards (IPA), honorable mentioned in the Special, Smartphone Photography - "a gloomy day alone" - Fine Art Photography Award (FAPA), nominee in Abstract and Fine Art category - "divided 11/11" photography - Fine Art Photography Award (FAPA), nominee in Abstract category - "rumors on fire" photography- Fine Art Photography Award (FAPA), nominee in Photomanipulation category 2020 - "new (old) world" project - Paris Photo Prize (PX3), bronze in the nature/other category, - "changed view of the sunrise" photography - International Photography Awards (IPA), honorable mentioned in the Fine Art: Other category - "woman" photography - Neutral Density Photography Awards, honorable mentioned in the Fine Art: Abstract category, 2019 - photo essay "art of Eight Limbs" - Budapest International Foto Awards - 2nd place in the Event category and Gold in the Event - Sport category Group exhibition of all winners the of the 2019 edition Budapest International Foto Awards BIFA, Hybridart Space, Budapest (Hungary) 2019 - "silent scream" photography - Neutral Density Photography Awards, honorable mentioned in the Fine Art: Photomanipulation category 2017 - photo essay "Whipping" - Neutral Density Photography Awards - honorable mentioned in the Special: photojournalism/story category - photo essay „Happy" - International Photography Awards (IPA) - honorable mentioned in Non-Professional IPA 2017, People-Lifestyle and People-Family category