The image is one of the portraits of a series about women who do not like their bodies and consider themselves ugly. Warsaw, 2019
Alena Kakhanovich is a photographer and visual artist. She was born (1985) and raised in Minsk, Belarus. She graduated from the Belarusian State University, Faculty of Radiophysics and Electronics in 2008, and finished the Academy of Photography in Warsaw in 2016. Currently, she lives and works in Warsaw (Poland).
Her work has been featured in numerous exhibitions and international festivals. She has exhibited her photographs in important art spaces such as the Kiyosato Museum of Photographic Art (Japan) and several galleries in Europe.
Awards 2020 - one of the winners - OpenWalls Arles 2020, France
2020 - Finalist - Young Portfolio, Kiyosato Museum of Photographic Art, Japan
2019 - Finalist - Kolga Photo Award 2019, Georgia
2019 - Finalist - Young Portfolio, Kiyosato Museum of Photographic Art, Japan
2018 - Finalist - Critical Mass 2018, Photolucida - Portland, OR, USA
2018 - Finalist - Helsinki Photo Festival - Helsinki, Finland
2017 - In the shortlist - «Fotofilmic 2017» - Vancouver, Canada
2017 - In the longlist - «PRAFOTA» - Minsk, Belarus
2016 - In the shortlist - «Fotofilmic 2016» - Vancouver, Canada
