Annick Donkers is a photographer, visual artist and story teller from Antwerp, Belgium. She also teaches documentary photography workshops and collaborates in social oriented project stories.
She obtained a Master´s degree in Psychology at K.U. Leuven and travelled around the world by herself after her studies combined with volunteer work. She worked in international marketing research but realized photography was her real passion. She studied photography at different schools in Mexico and participated in an artistic residence program called Residencia Corazón in La Plata, Argentina. She has received a grant from the Mexican Ministry of Foreign Affairs in 2008 and was selected to participate in 6 month intensive Seminar on Contemporary Photography at the Centro de la Imagen in Mexico City.
In 2023 she has published her first photobook in collaboration with Hydra in Mexico City and result of the “Incubadora de fotolibro” workshop in Mexico City.
Work assignments: @Wonderful Machine / @The Luupe /@glimmer
Representation @Hydra
Awards - Selections
2023
1st place Book-other, IPA awards, USA
Winner Px3 Prix de la Photo, Paris, France
Selection “Night of Photography”, Museum Warsaw, Poland
Selection “Night of the Year”, Rencontres d'Arles, France
Honorable Mention, International Color Awards, USA
2022
Honorable Mention, International Color Awards, USA
2021
Nomination C/O Berlin awards, Germany
Honorable mention IPA awards, one shot Pandemic, USA
2020
Finalist Critical Mass Photolucida, USA
Selection Dodho Magazine, Spain
Nomination International Color Awards, USA
Selection Addis Fotofest - Ethiopia, Africa
2019
Nomination International Photography Grant, Documentary category
Selection for Women Grant via PHmuseum, UK
Selection Athens Photofestival, Greece
Selection Fotofestival Pelt, Belgium
Shortlist Belfast Photofestival, Ireland
Shortlist Solo Expo PHest via PHmuseum, UK
Nomination International Color Awards, USA
2018
2nd Prize Professional Portrait Chromatic Awards
Selection for Latin American Photography vol.7, USA
Selection Addis Fotofest - Ethiopia, Africa
Winner IPOTY 2017 - Editorial Sports
2017
Winner of the 2017 Color Prize of Dodho Magazine, Spain
Honorable mention - Chromatic Awards
Honorable mention - ND Awards
Honorable mention - IPA Awards
Premio Pedro Meyer at "3er concurso de Fotografía Contemporánea", Mexico
Selection for PICS - Centro de la Imagen, Mexico
Selection for Latin American Photography vol.6, USA
Shortlist Athens Photofestival, Greece
Shortlist Kolga Award in Tbilisi, Georgia
2016
Honorable Mention at Px3 Prix de la Photo in Paris, France
Silver at the Tokyo Photo Awards (TIFA) in Japan
3th place at the International Photo Awards (IPA) in USA
Selected for the cover of Dodho Magazine in Spain
Selection for Latin American Photography, vol.5 in USA
1st and 2nd place at the Moscow International Photo Awards (MIFA) Awards in Russia
2nd place at the San José Photofestival in Uruguay
3rd place (Sport Category) at the Sony Awards in London, UK
2015
Selection for Survival International in London, UK
2014
Cultural Promotion Category winner at the Banamex Contest in Mexico
2012
3th place at the INJUVE Primavera Mexicana competition in Mexico
2010
Best Graphic Reportage at the Certamen Nacional de Periodismo Turístico de SECTUR y CPTM in Mexico
2008
Grant for artistic creation - Ministry of Foreign Affairs Mexico
2005
Selection for Fotografiecircuit Vlaanderen, Belgium