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:...
In the modern era, craftsmanship is becoming a unique occupation, and artisans, often taking over the trade from previous generations, are struggling with the market situation, the decline in interest in retail, good, but also not cheap work. However, they are persistent and run their businesses with passion. Shoemakers, bookbinders, luthiers, watchmakers, bakers, tailors - it is worth telling about them, reminding them of their existence, historical role,...
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 vacations are coming to an end, but the photographic life is only just gaining momentum. There are several big events coming up in September and October that you shouldn't miss. In the Events section and on our channels on FB and Instagram, we post information about upcoming festivals on a regular basis, but we thought it worthwhile to organize this information. Janusz Chlasta, At the harvest festival in Września,...
Poznan Photo Award - Press Release The call for entries for the Poznan Photo Award 2023 is open until September 4. This is the first edition of a new nationwide annual press and documentary photography competition. Adult photographers from all over the country are invited to participate. PNF 2023 consists of two competition categories: the Poznan and nationwide. 1 In the Poznań category, judged...
Our magazine is sold only by mail order, so we know exactly who reads us. We also know that many of our readers have ordered "Quarterly Photography" for the first time, so we have created a promotional package primarily with them in mind. We don't hide the fact that we printed issue 41 a little too much and it's a shame for it to linger in storage. It would be better for it to enjoy...
08.-10.09.2023 / Historic Ignacy Mine in Rybnik, ul. I. Mościckiego 3 / Powiatowa i Miejska Biblioteka Publiczna, 7 Józefa Szafranka St. / Museum named after Fr. Emil Drobny in Rybnik, 18 Rynek St. / Teatr Ziemi Rybnickiej, 1 K. Kutz Square in the program: author presentations: Diana Lelonek | Justyna Mielnikiewicz | Anna...
We begin taking orders for the new issue of our "Quarterly". As usual, the pre-order (until July 31 this year) is cheaper - 40 PLN + shipping costs, from August 1 the price will increase to 46 PLN. KF 42 will be published in the first half of August. Each order of "KF 42" in the pre-sale will be accompanied by a free issue of "Review", the periodical of the School of Photography....
Fotofestiwal was established in 2001. It was one of the first photographic events in Poland: a small, spontaneous initiative of sociology students. Today, it's an international event with more than 20,000 visitors each year. The festival takes place in Lodz - a city with a remarkable industrial history, which has inspired the organizers from the beginning. Exhibitions are shown in post-industrial spaces: the center of...
The opening of Franciszek Kupczyk's exhibition took place on May 26 at the CKiS Wieża Ciśnień Gallery as part of the 3rd Konin Photography Festival FOCUS NAD WARTA. The photographs presented on that day are a continuation of the already twenty-year-long Kameduli project, initiated with the publication of an album entitled Kameduli in the Service of God and People and the 2003 exhibition Ora et Labora. The motivation for my photographs...