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In the issue, among others (editorial work is in progress, so something may still come, or fall out or be moved to the next issue): Marcin Giba's drone photographs (cover), Marcin Urbanowicz's humorous look at the Polish province is brought closer by Piotr Nowak, Fahad al Kindi's unusual frames from Oman are described by Jerzy Wierzbicki, the fight for women's rights in Sri Lanka is described and shown by Patryk Bułhak, the effects of Rafał Swosiński's several years of photographing the sanctuary in and around Wambierzyce, about the photographs of the Ruhr region by a German jazzman Till Brönner writes Ewelina Niewiadomska, with Marek Szyryk we talk about why photographers reach for the pen. Agata Mayer documentary photography by Czeslaw Siegieda from 1974-1981, which explores the fate of the post-war Polish emigration in which he grew up.
Through Danuta Kowalik-Dura and Stanislaw Jasinski we recall the figures of the great masters of Polish photography - Jerzy Lewczynski and Andrzej Rozycki. Joanna Kinowska talks to Piotr Zbierski about his latest book, and Waldemar Sliwczynski wonders if the Moi Ver exhibition at the Warsaw Museum changes the history of pre-war Polish photography. Marianna Michalowska leans over the photographs of Jadwiga Janowska of Gliwice, and Krzysztof Jurecki looks at the analog works of Monika Cichoszewska. The extensive section of reports on photographic festivals begins with Vladimir Birgus' account of the Arles Photo Meetings. In addition, we report on the Vintage Photo Festival, FotoArtFestival in Bielsko-Biala, Rybnik Foto Festival, Plenary Photography Festival in Zory, Labyrinth New Art Festival in Slubice and the next edition of Cyberfoto. We also talk to Krzysztof Gierałtowski and members of the Konin Photography Club, and recall the activities of the pf gallery in Poznan in the days when it was headed by Janusz Nowacki.