TITLE: THROUGH WATER

A participant of the Castle Malbork Triathlon competitions swims the Ironman distance. While swimming, the competitor struggles with the natural environment of the Nogat River. The Malbork Castle Triathlon is one of the largest sports events in Pomerania. Every year, several hundred competitors at each distance take part in it.

AUTHOR: Karolina Misztal (Poland)

Photojournalist cooperating with daily newspaper Dziennik Baltycki. Photographer of the REPORTER Agency. and the official photographer of the ERGO ARENA Sports and Entertainment Hall. Author of individual and collective exhibitions on social and sports issues. Curator of the exhibitions prepared in cooperation with the Gdansk Museum. Laureate of the Cultural Scholarship of the President of the City of Gdańsk. Co-founder of the Kobieca Strona Biznesu project. A graduate of the European Women's Mentoring in Business program. Winner of the Grand Prix in the XXIII Pomeranian Press Photography Competition Gdańsk Press Photo 2019. Finalist of Grand Press Photo 2020. In 2020, she received the award of the President of the City of Gdańsk in the field of culture. In 2021, for her professional achievements so far and for work for the benefit of the inhabitants of the Gdańsk community, she was awarded the Medal of the President of the City of Gdańsk.