BIO/CV
Manuela Henao is a documentary photographer born in Colombia and based in London, UK. At a very young age she relocated with her family to Madrid in Spain, where she completed a degree in media communication at Rey Juan Carlos University in Madrid. Shortly after completing her degree Manuela moved to London to work as a freelance photographer and to attend a Postgraduate Diploma in Photography at London College of Communication, where she graduated with merits in December 2013. Currently Manuela is working in personal projects and commercial assignments.
Awards
Joan Wakelin Bursary 2014, Royal photographic Society/ The Guardian. Winner.
Exhibitions
“Liz looking under the bed” from the series “On the Benefit Life”, SELF Collective exhibition, IdeasTap funded. The Island Gallery, Bristol, UK. April 2014.
“On the Benefit Life”, Postgraduate final show , London College of Communication, London, UK.2013.
“On the Benefit Life”, 13/13 Collective, Dreamspace Gallery, London, UK. 2013.
Publications
Series “Windows” Vice Magazine, 2014.
Series “On the Benefit Life” Trip Magazine, 2014
Series “On the Benefit Life” Metalocus Magazine, 2013.
Series “On the Benefit Life” Platform Magazine, 2013.
Series “Life is not Advertising” Made in Shoreditch Magazine, 2012.
