The first camera I saw, the CERTO, was a plastic automatic that snapped a lot of pictures of my family. The first time I saw film developing was with a photographer who had his business in the kitchen of a wooden cottage and washed the films in a metal basin. I took my first photo, holding ZORKI 10, of my parents in a wicker basket on the beach. Then there was a break, ZENIT, filming weddings, and a break again, until I realized that photography would be a constant presence in my life.
She won over the composition of sound spaces and the written word. It is essential to my healthy functioning and constantly present. I don’t add a philosophy to it – I simply photograph.
He also needs it in other forms. That’s why for 8 years I made exhibitions for photographers at the OPe Gallery in the Dominican Monastery in Rzeszow. The 100 exhibitions I prepared over these years taught me how to look, how to choose, how to be assertive and, above all, the difficult art of visual presentation.
I get a real kick out of long-term projects in creativity. Since 2013 when I came up with the idea of GO, photographing the texture of what we walk on, there have already been five sets made using this technique: GO, THE ART OF WINDING, GO BNC, GOMARS, GOSKY. With the exception of the unpublished GOSKY, all the works have been exhibited several times at home and abroad. Thinking with an exhibition, a set of photos, a composition is one of the greatest pleasures of my creative process.
Over time, I developed a desire to combine photography with painting, sculpture and sound, and thus began collaborating with other artists.
In 2016, together with Maciej Majewski, a graphic designer and painter, I prepared an exhibition dedicated to Australia, thus starting the AntipodesTeam group. A few years later, we did GOMARS with great gusto, inviting Hungarian sculptor Erika Nemeth.
A few years ago I managed to become a photographer for the NOWINY newspaper – Polska Press. I was as happy as a child holding my press card in my hand. It was a great adventure and a priceless opportunity to benefit from the experience of colleagues. And finally, the day I was admitted to the Association of Polish Artists Photographers became a dream come true.
In my work, I am most inspired by limitations. Whether they are limitations of equipment, time or composition. Through them I unlock new areas of imagination. I am fascinated by this struggle against adversity. This was the case in GO, where the limitation is the form of the photo, the transition time and the available texture. It’s been like that in “Car Chronicles,” especially in the “from the pack” photos, where everything is determined by the truck, time, road, free space, safety and, finally, the availability of motifs to be realized. This was the case in “Antipodes,” where the square ruled, and “Postcards from Poland,” which were composed to a 5 cm x 15 cm panorama on a postcard.
A good START, or what to do to get off to a good start.
On motivation, potential and personal branding.
How much is it worth - or how to price your work
How not everyone will like you
How do you strike a balance in business
Design thinking, or keep calm & Design Thinking
