ca. 1966/1967
gelatin silver print, 22 x 17 cm,
artist`s stamp and description on the reverse,
vintage print
This photograph was made during Rolke`s visit to Jadwiga Grabowska, head of the Moda Polska fashion company. There Rolke met 2 young designers: Irena Biegańska and Jerzy Antkowiak, who he portrayed surrounded by models.
Jerzy Antkowiak (b. 1935) the fashion designer and stylist. In the 1970s, together with five other designers, he set up the new team of the Moda Polska fashion company where he was head of the Design Department in the early 1980s. His book Fashionable Ladies` Secrets, co-written with Barbara Żmijewska, was published in 1993.