Born in Warsaw in 1971, Tomasz Gudzowaty is a documentary and portrait photographer focusing mainly on wildlife, sport and social issues. His work has appeared in publications such as The Guardian, National Geographic, The British Journal of Photography, L’Equipe and Vogue Italia. Gudzowaty is the recipient of numerous awards including the World Press Photo Contest, Pictures of the Year International, the Taylor Wessing Photographic Portrait Prize, the International Photography Awards and the Best of Photojournalism from the National Press Photographers’ Association. In 2000 he received the Knight’s Cross of the Order of Polonia Restituta from the Polish government, and in 2018 a doctorate in film, photography and media from the University of Silesia in Katowice, Poland. Steidl has published Gudzowaty’s Beyond the Body, Closer, Photography as a New Kind of Love Poem and PROOF.