Ilona Szwarc (b. 1984, Warsaw) is a Polish photographer now residing in the United States. She attended School of Visual Arts and

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. In 2013 she assembled her series ''American Girls'' The series consists of 100 photographs created with a 4x5 large format camera. In 2015 she created the magazine ''I am a Woman and I Feast on Memory''. In 2013 she received a third place '' World Press Photo'' prize, in the ''Observed Portraits'' category. In 2014 she received the ''

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Prize for New Directions in Photographic Portraiture''. In 2015 she was awarded the '' Richard Benson Prize for Excellence in Photography'' and in 2020 she was a finalist for a Hopper Prize In 2017 she was included in the FOAM Talent London exhibition (for artists under the age of 35). Her work is in the Yale University Art Gallery, and the

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(NMWA)

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Official website
{{DEFAULTSORT:Szwarc, Ilona 1984 births Living people Artists from Warsaw Polish photographers Women book artists 21st-century Polish women artists 21st-century Polish artists Yale University alumni School of Visual Arts alumni