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)