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Honorable Mention BIFA 2026 Special Categories / Smartphone Photography

Prisoner in body and head

  • Photographer
    Mariken Heijwegen
  • Prize
    Honorable Mention in Special Categories / Smartphone Photography

I have long covid and I make self-portraits from myself feom this journey. I am very sick. I show all emotions like anger, fear, pain, doubt, no breath and other emotions. For me it is important that the world sees this. I slowly disappear from society and it is an lonely path. The pictures are not beautifull, they are raw and real.

I am a painter and I paint self portraits. They show how I deel from within. But I discover photography now for the self portraits. I have long covid and I photograph myself in the whole journey while i am very sick. It shows all emotions like fear, anxiety, doubt, anger and many other emotions. Its calles prisoner in body and head. You can see the portraits on my Instagram Art_by_mariken

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