Bio
Slawek is a London-based travel photographer and travel writer. He is a regular assignment photographer for National Geographic Traveller (UK), and regular contributor as a writer and photographer to Poznaj Swiat Magazine and Contemporary Lynx Magazine. His work has been published by National Geographic Travel (US), Lonely Planet Magazine, Food & Travel, Digital Camera Magazine, National Geographic website, BBC Travel website, The Guardian, The Times, Daily Telegraph, Washington Post, TamTam Magazine, and others.
Awards and shortlists
Travel Photographer of the Year (TPOTY) – Cities, Architecture and Space – finalist (2016)
Travel Photographer of the Year (TPOTY) – iTravelled, iCaptured – finalist (2016)
The Guardian – Travel photography – March – runner-up (2016)
Fundacja Kadry ze Swiata – Travel photography – among the winners (2015)
The Guardian – Travel photography – Architecture – winner (2014)
The Guardian – Travel photography – Faces – runner-up (2013)
Olympus –Fotolotni – commended (2013)
Travel Photographer of the Year (TPOTY) – Best Single Image – People Watching – finalist (2012)
Emirates Tours – Travel photography – India and Sri Lanka Category – winner (2012)
ESRC – Portraits of Britain – winner (2012)
Eurostar Competition – Tell Us about Your Journey – winner (2012)
The Times – Citizen Traveller, June – winner (2012)
London School of Photography Awards – London category – overall winner (2012)
Royal Anthropological Institute – Body Canvas Photography Competition – finalist (2012)
Turkish Ministry of Culture – You in Turkey, History – Special Jury Prize (2012)
UK Landscape Photographer of the Year – Urban Landscape – commended (2012)
Oxford University, Compas – New Lives and Dreams – triple runner-up (2012)
National Geographic Traveller (UK) – Speed – winner (2011)
Timeout London & Sustrans – Best Policy Story, Sustrans Favourites – winner (2011)
Tourism Authority of Thailand – Thailand through a Lens – winner (2011)
The Guardian – Travel Photographer of the Year – winner (2011)
The Guardian – Travel photography – Rituals, Hello/Goodbye, Black and White, Transport – quadruple runner-up (2011)
Eden’s World Tour Photography Competition – Places – short-listed (2011)
National Geographic Traveller (UK) – Holiday – runner-up (2011)
Digital Camera Magazine – Digital Photographer of the Year – Travel – 3rd place (2010)
TNT Magazine – Annual Travel Photography Awards – winner (2010)
Sustainable Thinking Platform – Environmental Photography Competition – winner (2010)
Daily Telegraph – The Big Picture Round 94 – winner (2010)
The Times – Citizen Traveller, April – winner (2010)
The Guardian – Travel photography – Architecture, Dance – double winner (2010)
UK Landscape Photographer of the Year – Urban Landscape – commended (2010)
The Guardian – Travel photography – Transport, Landscape – double runner-up (2010)