Documentary photographer| fresh off LCC postgraduate in photography. Currently documenting and living the life of the colombian farmers.

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 Colombia, where she is creating a new documentary series about the Colombian farmers.

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.

Awards
Royal Photographic Society, Joan Wakelin Bursary 2014. Winner.