About

Award-winning Canadian photographer and filmmaker Lana Slezic has lived and worked all over the world including India, Turkey, Afghanistan and the UAE. Her body of photographic work has been published globally including National Geographic, TIME, Newsweek, Der Spiegel, MacLean’s, The Walrus and many more. She won a World Press Photo award for her portrait series on Afghan women entitled A Window Inside. Her book Forsaken earned international acclaim and was selected by American Photo Magazine as one of the Top Ten photo books of 2008. She has produced, directed and/or shot several commercial works and short documentaries, including Breaking Caste, Serhiy’s Story and The Little Things. Her short film Andy Barrie: The Voice is a candid portrait of former CBC radio host Andy Barrie’s struggle with Parkinson’s Disease and was featured at the 2016 Hot Docs Film Festival. Bee Nation, Lana’s first feature length documentary opened the 2017 Hot Docs Film Festival. When not traveling the world, Lana resides in Toronto, Canada, where she is raising her two beloved children.