Long Covid Prisoner

• Prize
  Honorable Mention
• Photographer
  Françoise Holtzmacher, Senegal
• Studio
  Otherpix
• Website
  https://www.otherpix.com/home
• Instagram
  francoiseholtzmacher

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

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.

Awards My work has been awarded various prizes and has been exhibited in Australia, Belgium, France, Spain, Italy and Myanmar.

Awards: https://www.otherpix.com/francoiseholtzmacherbio

Exhibitions: https://www.otherpix.com/francoiseholtzmacherexhibitions