You ask what in my life of all the main thing, I'll tell you: death and love-both both. One I fear with black eyes, the other with fashionable ones. These two are my love and two my death. - Jan Lechońcolors fade symphonies quiet bells are heardlet us rejoice our hearts ...
January 20, 2023 / 6:00 pm / City Gallery in Środa WLKP / 16 Stary Rynek Street The photographs presented at the exhibition were not created as a result of some methodical thought, nor are they the result of planned action. For years they have been accumulating and multiplying in the archive in a completely spontaneous and uncontrolled manner. Most often they do not perform any function...
13.01.2023 / hour 18:00 / B&B Gallery of Photography, 12 1 Maja St. Bielsko-Biala B&B Gallery of Photography was established in September 1992. Throughout the 30 years of its existence, the Gallery has developed a high reputation, gaining a brand of opinion-forming institution in the field of photography, as evidenced by the list of the greatest photographers (Polish and foreign) who have visited its walls and favorable reviews....
The Board of the Wielkopolska Branch of ZPAF convened the first post-sandem meeting of members on Thursday, January 5. As I was driving to this meeting I received sad news - on the same day passed away the Man to whom this branch of ZPAF, and in general, the entire photographic environment in Poznan owes so much. It was thanks to his determination that it was in Poznan that photography found its way into the salons....
Arthur is an ultra-subjective and uncompromising photographer; he recognizes only the traditional technique, i.e. analog, personal processing of the negative and the print. Each copy is made with his heart and mind, and the goal of his photographic activity is to express the inner self, what is inside him and worthy of being revealed. It doesn't matter where he photographs, what matters is how and that he is the one with total power....
I look at the shadow cast by the tree. The white man's civilization begins with a "tree of life," and each individual is entitled to a pair of planks at the end of his life. Without wood, there would have been no Noah's Ark or Christopher Columbus. Nor would there likely have been a kola or a cross. Without the "tree of the knowledge of good and evil," there would have been no original sin, and thus no trees....
The creator of exhibit 10, photographer Henryk Tomasz Kaiser, presents a personal interpretation of the Ten Commandments; a guide that in an increasingly secularized society is a signpost for some, allowing them to find the right direction, and for others a series of prohibitions and restrictions. In his surprising vision of the biblical code, treating its message as an integral part of our culture, the author takes into account the progress of civilization, the current conditions...
It is very often the case that when looking at such photographs, a person cannot in any way deny the statement that photography is a certain form of mourning the world. Lukasz Romanowski, Mr. JasiekNowadays we can see very clearly with what tremendous speed everything we knew, our parents, grandparents knew, is simply disappearing. Photography has always had the task of capturing, stopping...
Project Oder: The environmental disaster on the Oder River continues for another month. The mass death of animals and the destruction of the river's ecosystem prompt questions about both the role of wildlife for humans and the effectiveness of public policies to protect the environment. With the support of the European Climate Foundation, the Sputnik Photos collective is carrying out a project related to the situation on the Oder River. Rafał Milach,...
08.09 - 08.10.2023 / Wroclaw First edition of the TIFF Photography Biennale in Wroclaw - open call for photographers is underway. The first edition of the TIFF Photography Biennale is a continuation of the TIFF Festival, one of the largest Polish events dedicated to photography. Only until December 15 can you participate in the competition for the best artistic realizations. The winning works will be presented in the fall of 2023....