Dorys was a portraitist of distinguished Warsaw figures and an advertising photographer. He was also interested in landscape, architecture and nude. He started photographing in 1914 and exhibited his work from 1927. His first individual exhibition was held in 1930. In 1929, he set up a photographic studio in Warsaw, where he photographed the greats of Polish culture and the arts and made his advertising and fashion pictures. In 1931-1932, he created a large series Kazimierz nad Wisłą, considered to be the first photographic document in Poland. However, the material was printed as late as in 1960, with selected highlights being shown only at the artist`s retrospective the same year. Dorys continued to work after the war, being an active animator and organiser of artistic life. In 1926, he joined the Polish Photographers` Association. He also co-founded ZPAF (1947), the Warsaw Photographic Association and the Photographic Section of ZAiKS.
circa 1933 / before 1960
gelatin silver print, 39.2 x 25.2 cm,
signature on the front, author`s stamp and description on the reverse,
edition: unspecified
The artist had a passion for photographing women, and his simple nudes have established a canon in Polish photography. Other prints of the same work are in the collection of the National Museum in Wrocław and the private collection of Joanna and Krzysztof Madelski.
Dorys was a portraitist of distinguished Warsaw figures and an advertising photographer. He was also interested in landscape, architecture and nude. He started photographing in 1914 and exhibited his work from 1927. His first individual exhibition was held in 1930. In 1929, he set up a photographic studio in Warsaw, where he photographed the greats of Polish culture and the arts and made his advertising and fashion pictures. In 1931-1932, he created a large series Kazimierz nad Wisłą, considered to be the first photographic document in Poland. However, the material was printed as late as in 1960, with selected highlights being shown only at the artist`s retrospective the same year. Dorys continued to work after the war, being an active animator and organiser of artistic life. In 1926, he joined the Polish Photographers` Association. He also co-founded ZPAF (1947), the Warsaw Photographic Association and the Photographic Section of ZAiKS.