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In Ostrow Wlkp. REMIS, with AI lurking in the background
In the late afternoon of October 19, the opening of the works of the just-concluded XXIV edition of the Biennale of Photography in Analog Techniques and Digital Image Processing took place at the PIK Gallery of the Ostrów Cultural Center. The jury of the competition this time did not award the Grand Prix, but the four authors awarded with equal honors showed not only a high level of photographic craftsmanship, but also an interesting artistic offer in the presented...
Niewiadomska talks to Sliwczynski about "Kwartalnik Fotografia"
On Tuesday, 24.10.2023, Iga Niewiadomska in her already famous author's program about photography - "Głębia ostrości" on Polish Radio 24 - spoke with Waldemar Sliwczynski, publisher and editor-in-chief of "Kwartalnik Fotografia", and the main topic of the conversation was the return of "KF" after 10 years. The questions concerned the peculiarities of our "Kwartalnik" in comparison with other photography periodicals, as well as...
lAbiRynT - Festival of New Art Słubice/Frankfurt on the Oder 20-22.10.2023- opening today
The cross-border festival of contemporary art has been held for 14 years throughout the metropolitan area of Slubice and Frankfurt/Oder. It is based on a three-day series of events from Friday to Sunday. Exhibitions, installations, sound art, performances, presentations, lectures and meetings with artists from Poland, Germany and other countries take place on both sides of the Polish-German border in 12 different...
FotoArtFestival 2023 - today (Friday, 13.10.) Opening Gala
GALERIES & MUSEUMS / Bielsko-Biala / Exhibitions open daily: October 13-29, 2023 (Mon-Sun), 10:00 - 18:00 FotoArtFestival takes place in Bielsko-Biala, a beautiful and intimate city in southern Poland, at the foot of the Beskidy Mountains. On the occasion of the 10th anniversary of FotoArtFestival, we are celebrating this holiday with our loved ones, so exceptionally this year we have invited the Polish artists themselves, outstanding photographers....
In the footsteps of Bogdan and Andrew, or a workshop on large-format photography
Join us for a workshop on large-format photography in Wrzesnia, where Bogdan Konopka, Eryk Zjeżdżalka, Andrzej Jerzy Lech and other artists of the Wrzesnia Collection took photographs. Organizer: Editors of "Kwartalnik Fotografia" Deadline: 27-29. October 2023 Instructors: Waldemar Sliwczynski, Rafal Swosinski, Piotr Nowak What you will learn from scratch (you don't have to know anything): - handling and shooting with a 4x5 inch large format camera -...
9th Vintage Photo Festival - The Observatory
This year's 9th edition of the Vintage Photo Festival was held under the name Observatory. The only such festival in the country has been attracting photographers and lovers of traditional, analog photography to Bydgoszcz for years. And this time the interest in the festival was huge, and unlike previous editions, exhibitions and accompanying events were held not only in the city of Foton, but also outside....
The 28th edition of the Andrzej Zawada Mountain Festival and the 1st LaMPA: Ladek Mountain Photo Award.
The 28th edition of the Andrzej Zawada Mountain Festival has just ended in Ladek Zdroj. And for the first time, the Mountain Festival together with the RAV.A Stories collective held the LaMPA: Ladek Mountain Photo Award contest. According to the organizers This first edition of the photo contest set the bar very high - we received as many as 350 entries! The contest was held in five categories:...
Rybnik Foto Festival - for the twentieth time!
A small budget, as it turns out in Rybnik, does not have to be an obstacle to making an interesting and meaningful photo festival. However, you need to have a personality, without that nothing will succeed. Nina Giba, supported by her husband Marcin Giba, a very good photographer, has such a personality, such a "something" that she is not denied. Her energy, love of photography, charm....
"The Lightness of Being" by Peter Lindbergh.
If he could, he would have taken pictures of the Dalai Lama, Picasso and Kennedy. He believed that laughter had no value in portraiture. He loved the sense of mystery and loved to photograph in black and white. He appreciated color in the work of Mario Sorrenti and Paola Roversi, although he thought it didn't penetrate the skin as much as black and white. No wonder. After all, he grew up with all those American reporters....
How to think about blue almonds?
When describing the pleasure of the images, I can only use words. This is my toolkit for this summer morning to express what is being experienced. I will use the images that appear as I write this text to build it. I will follow them, because I believe they have the most to say about the issues they themselves....
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