Andrej Balco is a Slovak documentary and portrait photographer with primary interest in social and environmental issues. He studied photography at the Institute of Creative Photography of the Silesian University in Opava, Czech Republic. He has received numerous awards and grants for his work, including Mio Photo Awards, Fresh M.I.L.K. Awards, Czech Press Photo, or the Slovak Photojournalism Prize for his project on female labour in Anthracite, Ukraine. Andrej is the co-founder of the Sputnik Photos international photographers’ collective and of the Slovak Documentary Photography association. He published the book Domésticas (House of Photography, 2008) and is the co-author of several other book publications. He regularly exhibits his works in Slovakia and abroad. At present, he teaches photography at the Faculty of Media of the Pan-European University in Bratislava.
