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....
On Thursday, December 8, 2022 at 7pm, the opening of a group exhibition entitled "Forms of Thought" will begin at the Old Gallery in Warsaw, the main headquarters of the ZPAF, on the occasion of the 75th anniversary of the Association. The show is curated by Jola Rycerska, head of the Association. The invited artists address the "theme of philosophical reflection in photography" - each author, in one large photograph (format) or in a series, circulates...
The Poznan Photo Award 2023 - the first edition of the nationwide annual press and documentary photography competition - is being launched. Adult photographers from all over the country are invited to participate. PNF 2023 consists of two competition categories: the Poznan and the nationwide. 1 In the first, up to 30-photo sets of event photos from Poznań and the Poznań agglomeration taken after...
December 2, 2022, at 11 a.m. at MuFo Rakowicka, 22A Rakowicka St., Krakow Conference with the participation of exhibition curators Łukasz Gorczyca and Adam Mazur, as well as MuFo Director Marek Świca and Deputy Director Adrianna Gębala-Pietras. A press conference on the temporary exhibition "Fotografika. Artistic Photography in Poland 1927- 1978" dedicated to the beginnings of artistic photography in Poland.
opening: 2.12.2022, at 18.00 | author's meeting: 3.12.2022, at 13.00 The starting point for the exhibition "Technology abhors ambition" is an interview conducted by Piotr Zugaj with Lucjan Demidowski in 2020, which will also become part of the publication accompanying the exhibition. The works of the two artists presented in the exhibition review each other, at times the question of their...
Looking at the photographs Maciej Sztorc sent to us, the first thought that came to my mind was to recall a saying by Andrzej Jerzy Lech: "the most important thing for your camera is what is 15 meters away from it". The meaning, and therefore also the implications of this phrase, are so capacious and extensive that developing it one could write many a dissertation. One...
10.11.2022 (Thurs.) g. 19.00 opening of the exhibition Important Elections :: Marek Zakrzewski Galeria Centrala, Pl. Ratajskiego 6a, free entrance Emblem, flag, ballot box, voting place - it is not difficult to recreate the decor of a polling station, to recall it in memory. While the slogan "elections" heats up the public debate from time to time, the polling place itself seems to be in the process....
There is a good chance that I simply have not reached any publications where I would have found a definition of "road photographer" or at least seen the names of photographers and photographers who are attributed to this phenomenon. However, I dare say that such definitions and phrases have already appeared more than once in various records. Also, I am striking a small irony at the very popular thought that....