2010/2015
pigment print, Canson Rag Photographique 210 g, varnish, dibond, 78 x 117.5 cm,
artist`s label of authenticity and hologram on the reverse,
edition: edition A, 5/7 + 2 a.p.

In spring 2010, southern Poland was hit by a flood. On May 19, the Vistula River recorded the highest level since 1860. The river breached the floodbanks in Sandomierz, one of the most beautiful and oldest towns in Poland. Over 100 km2 were flooded and 5000 residents evacuated. Two weeks later, another wave flooded the city, bringing about even more damage. Kowalski documented the landscape of the disaster in his own way - from the air.
The photograph was shortlisted for Leica Oskar Barnack Award 2011.
The series has won the following awards: World Press Photo 2015; Grand Press Photo - 1st prize, category: Nature - news story; BZ WBK Press Photo - 2nd prize, category: Nature - news story.
Publications: widely reproduced in Polish press; the Side Effects album (Leica Gallery, Warsaw, 2014) was rewarded in Picture Of The Year 2015, and in Moscow International Photography Awards 2014.
The photograph has been widely exhibited around the world.