Mateusz Sarello (b.1978, Warsaw, Poland). Photographer, curator, author and editor of photobooks. Juror of competitions, incl. Grand Press Photo. Curator of the ShowOff section of Krakow Photomonth. Resident of the Cite des Arts in Paris as part of the City of Paris Grant. His book "Garden" received Special Prize in the most prestigious artbook competition in the world - Prix Bob Calle and was exhibited at Centre Pompidou in Paris in 2023. The author of the book "Swell", which was in the final of the Best Photography Book Award in the POYi, was nominated for the Photographic Publication of the Year at the Fotofestiwal in Lodz, won an award in the Best Photography Book from Central and Eastern Europe competition during the European Month of Photography in Bratislava, won the third prize at the International Photography Awards. His "Swell" won the Grand Prize at Prix Photo La Quatrieme Image, Celeste Prize and Nera di Verzasca Award. Awarded and distinguished in many competitions, including: Aftermath Project Grant, German Peace Prize for Photography / Felix Schoeller Award, Meitar Award, BarTur Photo Award, Center Santa Fe Awards, Lucie Foundation Scholarship, FotoVisura Grant, Photolucida Critical Mass, Hariban Award, PHMuseum Photography Grant, PDN Photo Annual, Kolga Tbilisi Photo Award, Allegro Prize, Lens Culture Exposure Awards, FotoWeekDC International Awards and International Photography Festival Organ Vida Prize.
