Long Covid Prisoner
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Photographer
Francoise Holtzmacher
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Prize
Honorable Mention
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Date of Photograph
2022-2023
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Socials
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Website
A month after testing positive for covid, my 12-yr old daughter developed long covid. She became very sick and suffered many debilitating symptoms: fatigue, nausea, migraine, neuropathic pains, etc. She could barely walk. She missed friends and school, she missed running, she missed life. It took months before any improvement, which came thanks to cold water therapy.
This series aims to show what an invisible disease looks like and to raise awareness. To this day there is no cure for long covid.
Iris is still not fully recovered, yet. Every day is a challenge.
January 2023
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Biography
Belgian photographer currently based in Senegal, my work is eclectic, spanning portraiture, documentary photography, fine art and street photography. It has been exhibited in Australia, Myanmar, Spain, Italy, Belgium and France. I am deeply influenced by some of the places where I have lived. My master’s degrees in Germanic languages and literature as well in literary translation also shape my photography.
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Awards
2025
Third place winner in the 11th Fine Art Photography Awards, category Photojournalism
Featured in the Editors' Picks gallery of the LensCulture Portrait Awards
2024
Official Selection in the International Photography Awards 2024, September
Honorable Mention in the PX3 Prix de la Photographie Paris, Portraiture
Finalist in World Water Day Photo Contest, Water Environment category
Honorable Mention in the 22nd Julia Margaret Cameron Awards, Portrait category
2023
Honorable Mention in the ND Awards Photo Contest, People: Children category
Semi-finalist in the Head On Portrait Awards. Image displayed at Head On Photo Festival in Sydney and online
Honorable Mention in the 20th Pollux Award, Fine Art and Portrait categories
Honorable Mention in the People category of the International Photography Awards
Honorable Mention in Portraiture / Children of the PX3 Prix de la Photographie Paris
WIPPLAY 2nd place in People's Choice Award in PORTRAITS & CIE !
Third place winner in the 9th Fine Art Photography Awards, category People, April
2022
Winner of the People category of the 19th Julia Margaret Cameron Award for Women
2021
Third place in ND Awards Photo Contest, People category, November
Honorable Mention in the International Photography Awards, Fine Art category
Honorable Mention in the 16th Julia Margaret Cameron Award for Women Photographers, Black and White category
Nominee in the 7th Fine Art Photography Awards, Nature category
2020
Honorable Mention in the Portrait category of the International Photography Awards
Gold Prize in the Portrait category of the PX3 Paris Photo Prize, September
Article in The Eye of Photography
Honorable Mention in the 15th Julia Cameron Award, Portrait category, May
Grand Prize winner with Photos de Femmes SeeingWOMEN 2020
Nominee in the 6th Fine Art Photography Awards, Portrait category
Won 3rd place in the Portrait Award of Womankind magazine, "Sisters" featured in issue #23