COVID-19 testing is uncomfortable from many perspectives. Besides the physical sting, testing positive for a lot of people meant not being able to be with their partners, parents, siblings, kids, grandkids, and other loved ones. The stakes were especially high for the elderly. The fear of the unknown and the accompanying anxiety was hard to miss.
I found the anticipation, the sting and the immediate after-effects of testing to be a very interesting subject to document. And what better vantage point than from the point of view of the person taking the sample. I was on a chair on top of a cabinet with my camera directly above the head of the doctor.
F. Dilek Uyar
Edition: 15/15
Size: 3000*2000
Awards for collection or photos from this collection:
2021 - 16th Julia Margaret Cameron Photo Awards - Best Documentary & Reportage Photographer
2021 - Xposure photo - Tapsa winner
2021 - Awarded in HIPA
2021 - 6th 35 Awards - Best Reportage photographer Of the Year
2020 - IPA - Photographer of the Year (Deeper Perspective)
2020 - Chromatic Awards - 1st Place Winner in Photojournalism
2020 - IPA - Photographer of the Year (Deeper Perspective)
2020 - IPA - 1st Place Winner (Deeper Perspective)
2020 - RISE - International Documentary Photographer of the Year
2020 - IPA - Winner (Editorial/Press)
2020 - IPA - Runner Up (Editorial /Press)
2020 - IPA - Discovery Of the Year
About F. Dilek Uyar:
Dilek is a highly accomplished travel and documentary photographer from Ankara, Turkey. Dilek is also a lawyer and a skilled sky diver. She took up photography as an escape from the courthouse and life, after she quit sky diving. That spark turned into a fire which led her to be named National Geographic Travel Photographer of the Year in 2017. Fighting through challenges that are typical to what women face in male dominated spheres, she has not only made many proud with her accomplishments but has also inspired a whole new generation of female photographers.
Dilek, a TEDx speaker, is also a contributing photographer of National Geographic YS and National Geographic Turkey. She teaches photography at Ankara Bilim University in Ankara, Turkey. She is also a jurist for some of the most prestigious photography awards in the world, such as those given by National Geographic. In 2020, she was named IPA Photographer of the Year (Deeper Perspective). In 2021, she was named Best Reportage Photographer of the Year at the 6th 35 Awards. She was also named Sony World Photography Award and was the third-place winner at the HIPA Humanity Awards (Story Telling).
As a female photographer, lawyer, and mother from Turkey, she is a big champion of women’s rights and issues and advocates for saying yes to change. Her goal is to increase social awareness and recognition with her stories and to inspire young women in her country and all over the world.
License:
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