TIFA 2021
Tokyo International Foto Awards 2021
December 22nd, 2021, Tokyo
“Dear Martin Krystynek,
It is my great pleasure to inform you that your work is a part of the TIFA 2021 Official Selection. Out of the thousands of entries from around the world, your exceptional images made it through to the final round of voting - Congratulations!
To access your Offical Selection badge, go to the “History” menu tab on your TIFA member page and click on “Winning Entries,” where you’ll find a printable Offical Selection badge that you can use online, in your social media, etc., to promote your outstanding work.”
These words made my day today. Again, my winning series “HOPELESS” from poorest settlements in Slovakia get 2 Bronze Medals in category Photo Essay in Tokyo International Foto Awards.
Hopeless. This is probably how the life of the poorest inhabitants of the settlements on Spiš in Slovakia could be called. They live in dwellings without water, without electricity, without sewers, built of paper, wood or material that someone has thrown away. In dwellings smaller than the garage or bathroom of some of us. Many of them, even in the number from 12 to 18. Their future is uncertain, they live from day to day, they do not decide what will happen tomorrow. Without education and basic needs, they can't integrate into a normal life, they live like in a vicious circle. Hopeless
