The artist mainly creates photographic series, rarely releasing single photos. His approach to photography can be summarised as "the art of generalising the attitudes and behaviours that determine people`s lives." His main focus is on staged (creative) and documentary photography. Graduate of the University of Arts in Poznań. In 2005, he earned the title of honorary professor. He has lectured in the Academies of Fine Arts in Katowice and Gdańsk. Since 1973, member of ZPAF and its Artistic Board (4th term of office). Winner of numerous prizes and distinctions, including: 1st prize at the 5th Salon of Artistic Portrait, Gdańsk (1974); 1st prize at the 10th Polish Landscape Biennial, Kielce (1987); J. Bułhak Medal for achievements in creative photography (1997); silver Medal for Merit to Culture (2009). Selected solo exhibitions: Images I, Cracow (1976); Images II, Stara Galeria ZPAF, Warsaw (1986); Retrospective, Museum of the History of Photography, Cracow (1997); War Games, Kronika Gallery, Bytom (2001); Photographs and... FF Gallery, Łódź (2011). Works in collections: National Museums in Warsaw and Wrocław; CCA Ujazdowski Castle in Warsaw; Museum of the History of Photography in Cracow; Musée de l`Élysée in Lausanne; Stadtmuseum Esslingen; Turlej Foundation; and private collections.
2006
luxograph, gelatin silver print, 23 x 23 cm,
date, edition and author`s stamp on the reverse,
unique object
The artist made the Stuff II series without leaving home and without the use of a camera. To create the photograms or luxographs, Jama used miscellaneous things he found at home. The project was meant to be a response to his students, who complained about having no time and who kept saying that they needed to go someplace "interesting".
The series was exhibited in the Stary Browar Gallery during the 6th Biennale of Photography in Poznań (2009).
The artist mainly creates photographic series, rarely releasing single photos. His approach to photography can be summarised as "the art of generalising the attitudes and behaviours that determine people`s lives." His main focus is on staged (creative) and documentary photography. Graduate of the University of Arts in Poznań. In 2005, he earned the title of honorary professor. He has lectured in the Academies of Fine Arts in Katowice and Gdańsk. Since 1973, member of ZPAF and its Artistic Board (4th term of office). Winner of numerous prizes and distinctions, including: 1st prize at the 5th Salon of Artistic Portrait, Gdańsk (1974); 1st prize at the 10th Polish Landscape Biennial, Kielce (1987); J. Bułhak Medal for achievements in creative photography (1997); silver Medal for Merit to Culture (2009). Selected solo exhibitions: Images I, Cracow (1976); Images II, Stara Galeria ZPAF, Warsaw (1986); Retrospective, Museum of the History of Photography, Cracow (1997); War Games, Kronika Gallery, Bytom (2001); Photographs and... FF Gallery, Łódź (2011). Works in collections: National Museums in Warsaw and Wrocław; CCA Ujazdowski Castle in Warsaw; Museum of the History of Photography in Cracow; Musée de l`Élysée in Lausanne; Stadtmuseum Esslingen; Turlej Foundation; and private collections.