Tomasz Gudzowaty, born 1971 in Warsaw, gained international recognition as a documentary, portrait and art photographer through numerous publications and awards, most notably - World Press Photo in which he succeeded nine times. He is also a multiple winner or finalist of such competitions as: Pictures of the Year International, NPPA's Best of Photojournalism, International Photography Awards, B&W Spider Awards, and National Portrait Gallery's Taylor Wessing Photographic Portrait Prize. He traveled to over 100 countries on all continents for his photographic projects, pursuing diverse subjects, with special focus on wildlife, sport, and social issues. Apart from magazine publications (Cartier Art, Max, L'Equipe, The Guardian, Newsweek, Forbes, National Geographic Travel, Time, Photo, British Journal of Photography, Spook, Vogue Italia and L'Uomo Vogue, to name but a few), his works appeared in several books from the leading publishing houses, such as Hatje Cantz and Steidl. He is an assistant professor at Krzysztof Kieślowski Film School at the University of Silesia in Katowice, where he received his doctorate in arts in 2018.
