“Mother,” 2017.
In this photograph, a young woman holds her infant wrapped inside a blanket during a Red Cross distribution of food and supplies at a Romani camp in Albania, January 2017. Surrounded by winter trees, debris, and aid packages, the image quietly documents motherhood, displacement, and survival. —Sead Cena
Sead Cena is an Albania-born photographer based in New York. His work spans portraiture, documentary, and editorial photography, with a focus on how people carry presence, identity, and emotion within the spaces and contexts around them. Since moving to New York in 2019, he has worked across studio and on-location projects, creating images for cultural, editorial, and commercial contexts. His work is included in the permanent collection of the New York City Archive, and his background includes institutional documentary work as well as assisting on major international campaigns.
