1978/1979
gelatin silver print, 45.5 x 34.6 cm,
signed, dated, described and "Ifo-scanbaltic 1980" contest stamp on the reverse,
vintage print

In his Silesia 1978-1992 series, the artist documented the industrial scenery of worker`s housing estates in Upper Silesia and their residents during the final period of the Communist rule in Poland.
Selected exhibitions: Silesia, Katowice Gallery (1984); Contemporary Polish Art Photography, Zachęta National Gallery of Art, Warsaw, National Muzeum, Wrocław (1985); Michał Cała. 30 Years of Photography in Silesia, Stara Galeria ZPAF, Warsaw (2009); Silesia, Fotogalerie Objektief, Enschede, the Netherlands (2012).
Publications in magazines: Foto, Fotografia, British Journal of Photography and books: Polish Photography of the 20th Century (ZPAF, 2007), Silesia (Zderzak Gallery, 2006). Photograph reproduced on the cover of Cała`s monograph Silesia and Galicia (Museum of the History of Photography, 2015).
Awards: Photo Confrontations Jarosław `79 - 1st prize; 6th Polish Landscape Biennial, Kielce (1979) - Grand Prix (awarded by the Minister of Culture and Art); Protection of Human Environment, Aura monthly (1979) - 1st Prize; Pilsner International Photography Awards, Los Angeles (2007) - 1st prize, Industrial category.