Culture/Arts
New award-winning work by photojournalist Marta Iwanek
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TORONTO – Last year, Marta Iwanek won the Tom Hanson Photojournalism Award, presented by the Canadian Journalism Foundation (CJF) and The Canadian Press. On Saturday, April 24, she was the recipient of more photography awards. One was a prize for the best portrait – a photo of a Kenyan girl, Mumtaz Ibrahim, who was born with a disfigured face and underwent surgery in Toronto in March 2015. This photo was included in the National Pictures of the Year winners selected by the News Photographers Association of Canada, Canada’s largest photojournalism competition. Ms. Iwanek also won first place from the National Press Photographers Association for the Best of Photojournalism, Portrait and Personality, an international award.