Congratulations to the Pix.house Foundation on its ten-year anniversary! This is a unique opportunity to take a close look at the achievements of this Poznan-based foundation, which for years has been setting the course for documentary photography in Poland - both in its classical and experimental editions. Pix.house is also one of the few places in the country that consistently develops photobook culture, publishing author photo albums and popularizing the book as a medium for visual storytelling.
Behind the anniversary program - held under the theme of "Identity document". - stands the team (Curatorial and design team), who has been contributing to the foundation's activities for years: Michał Adamski, Andrzej Dobosz, Mariusz Forecki, Katarzyna Grażewicz, Anna Molter, Grażyna Siedlecka, Adrian Wykrota
W KF 50 there is material on the 10th anniversary of the Poznan Pix.House Foundation. And on this page you will find a fuller development of this material: a list of authors and contributors, a summary of exhibitions, quotes from the manifesto, and (if you're here from the paper) -. More photos or others that didn't fit in print.
Marek Kita, from the series It's not even my final form
Margaret Smieszek, It's a little hard today
Jadwiga Janowska, Heroes of the Nation
Jadwiga Janowska, Heroes of the Nation
Jadwiga Janowska, Heroes of the Nation
The Gardener / New York / A bath tab often used for gardening, here in New York. / 08.2013RESTRICTION: The photos can not be published before 24th of May 2015.In New York's low-income communities of Brooklyn and Bronx, urban farming has quite a structured form. The empty areas are willingly made available to the urban farmers by the city council and turn in to gardens with number of plots. Recently the authorities recognized the farming activity as one of the important factors playing for the gentrification of the "bad neighborhoods." Surprisingly not only the recreation purpose makes the New Yorkers to garden. In fact some parts of the city are so cold "food deserts" where the healthy food is not available within walking distance. In such a situation farming that brings fresh vegetables becomes a natural solution specially to those who came to New York from the rural areas and know how to farm.Urban farming has a long established tradition in history of human beings. In the times of prosperity it is regarded more as leisure activity. It develops and intensifies in times of food crisis. Today the healthy food shortages become a global problem. It touches low-income communities of both developing and developed world. The city dwellers use all kinds of reused materials in order to build the farming sights. They arrange the little peaces of land available to them according to their creativity and imagination creating the modern urban gardens.The story on urban Farming in New York is a part of The Gardener project. The Gardener is a winning commission of the Syngenta Photography Award 2013. The photographs of urban gardens were taken by Jan Brykczynski thought 2013 and 2014 in New York, Nairobi, Warsaw and Yerevan. The Gardener is also a book to be launched on May 23rd 2015, Publisher is Dewi Lewis Publishing.
The Gardener / Nairobi, Kenya / Garden's fences in the slum of Mathare. / 08.2013RESTRICTION: The photos can not be published before 24th of May 2015.Farming in Nairobi plays a very important role in households of many families. For most of them it provides the fresh vegetables - a source of daily need for vitamins. For some it becomes a source of income and a way of life. Especially the vulnerable community of numerous Nairobi slums like Kibera and Mathare get more and more involved in gardening activities seeing it as an opportunity. They arrange the little gardens on every available peace of land, that is never their property and as all other structures in the slum has a very temporary construction.Urban farming has a long established tradition in history of human beings. In the times of prosperity it is regarded more as leisure activity. It develops and intensifies in times of food crisis. Today the healthy food shortages become a global problem. It touches low-income communities of both developing and developed world. The city dwellers use all kinds of reused materials in order to build the farming sights. They arrange the little peaces of land available to them according to their creativity and imagination creating the modern urban gardens.The story on urban Farming in Nairobi is a part of The Gardener project. The Gardener is a winning commission of the Syngenta Photography Award 2013.The photographs of urban gardens were taken by Jan Brykczynski thought 2013 and 2014 in New York, Nairobi, Warsaw and Yerevan.The Gardener is also a book to be launched on May 23rd 2015.Publisher is Dewi Lewis Publishing.
The Gardener / New York / Loyd Bennett Field ⎯ New York's first airport and the nation's most important one during WWII Most of the 500 plots, which make Floyd Bennett Field the largest community garden on the East Coast, are leased and well cared for. This quilt of small plots displays endless variations on the theme of domesticated nature, from the romantic to the strictly utilitarian, from the exuberant to the tightly controlled. / 08.2013RESTRICTION: The photos can not be published before 24th of May 2015.In New York's low-income communities of Brooklyn and Bronx, urban farming has quite a structured form. The empty areas are willingly made available to the urban farmers by the city council and turn in to gardens with number of plots. Recently the authorities recognized the farming activity as one of the important factors playing for the gentrification of the "bad neighborhoods." Surprisingly not only the recreation purpose makes the New Yorkers to garden. In fact some parts of the city are so cold "food deserts" where the healthy food is not available within walking distance. In such a situation farming that brings fresh vegetables becomes a natural solution specially to those who came to New York from the rural areas and know how to farm.Urban farming has a long established tradition in history of human beings. In the times of prosperity it is regarded more as leisure activity. It develops and intensifies in times of food crisis. Today the healthy food shortages become a global problem. It touches low-income communities of both developing and developed world. The city dwellers use all kinds of reused materials in order to build the farming sights. They arrange the little peaces of land available to them according to their creativity and imagination creating the modern urban gardens.The story on urban Farming in New York is a part of The Gardener project. The Gardener is a winning commission of the Syngenta Photography Award 2013. the pho
Pawel Piotrowski, Piotr, my mom's brother, relaxes in the pool on a Sunday afternoon after a week of work.
Agnieszka Wanat, Mokotow Dream
Justyna Lichota, 10th anniversary of Pix.Haus, slideshow
Kamil Sleszynski, 10th anniversary of Pix.Haus, slideshow
Aleksandra Smigielska, 10th anniversary of Pix.Haus, slideshow
Emilia Martin, 10th anniversary of Pix.Haus, slideshow
Rafal Wakiera, 10th anniversary of Pix.Haus, slideshow
On the occasion of the 10th anniversary, under the theme "Identity document"., Pix.house invited you to celebrate together by a series of exhibitions, meetings, an artist residency, a slide show in the urban space and the opening of the new headquarters. The events were held on September 19-21, 2025 (although some exhibitions last longer).
Exhibitions - six different perspectives
The anniversary program included photo exhibitions dealing with a wide variety of themes - from intimate relationships to socio-political commentary:
Jan Brykczynski -. The Gardener - Pix.house - 19.09-31.10.2025
Wladyslaw Nielipinski -. I AM YOUR SUN - WBPiCAK + DOMIE - 19.09-23.10.2025
Pix.house collective - Photobook: an understated medium - Baltic - 19.09-19.10.2025
Jadwiga Janowska - Heroes of the nation - Free Courtyard - 16.09-15.10.2025
Marek Kita -. It's not even my final form - Free Courtyard - 16.09-15.10.2025
Malgorzata Smieszek - It's a little hard today - Lazarus Market - 16.09-15.10.2025
"The slogan around which the birthday program is built has accompanied us continuously for ten years. Through photography, we look at how we change, how the world around us changes and how this inevitable process of maturation takes place." - Pix.house manifesto IDENTITY DOCUMENT
"Identity document" is a coherent concept that unites the foundation's educational, artistic and social activities. And the anniversary was the perfect opportunity to look at it from the perspective of a decade of work.
Slideshow - in the urban space
It was a symbolic summary of Pix.house's educational activities over the years.
The presentation included photographs of male and female participants in three projects:
Talent of the Year:
Jakub Szachnowski, Emilia Martin, Kamil Śleszyński, Alicja Wróblewska, Marta Szymanowska, Jadwiga Janowska, Paweł Starzec, Paweł Piotrowski
Documentary School:
Małgorzata Smieszek, Adam Kacperkiewicz, Rafał Wakiera, Małgorzata Adamczyk, Konrad Baranowski
My Fyrtel:
Marta Wojnarowska, Agnieszka Wanat, Amadeusz Swierk, Jakub Nowaczyk, Mikołaj Konkiewicz, Justyna Lichota, Michał Wojciechowski, Aleksandra Mrówczyńska, Sara Wojciechowska, Aleksandra Śmigielska
Marta Wojnarowska x 4 of the project: The unmistakable forget-me-nots bloom in January
Also take a look at the Pix.house website
Additional materials, archives and project information can be found here: ? pix.house/xbirthday
