Benedykt Jerzy Dorys was a Polish photographer, a co-founder of the Association of Polish Art Photographers. In 1928, he debuted during the first International Salon of Artistic Photography in Warsaw. A year later, he opened the Artistic Photography Studio, the most popular portrait study in the capital, visited by many famous people of those times. His series of photographs presenting the pre-war life in Kazimierz nad Wisla is considered to have been the first Polish photoreportage.
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gelatin silver print on photographic paper, 17.5 x 13 cm (dimensions of one print)
described on the reverse: 'KAZIMIERZ N/ WISLA 1931/32| ROZMOWA I' and artist's seal
Benedykt Jerzy Dorys was a Polish photographer, a co-founder of the Association of Polish Art Photographers. In 1928, he debuted during the first International Salon of Artistic Photography in Warsaw. A year later, he opened the Artistic Photography Studio, the most popular portrait study in the capital, visited by many famous people of those times. His series of photographs presenting the pre-war life in Kazimierz nad Wisla is considered to have been the first Polish photoreportage.
ADDITIONAL CHARGE DETAILS:
In addition to the hammer price, the successful bidder agrees to pay us a buyer's premium on the hammer price of each lot sold. On all lots we charge 18 % of the hammer price.
- To this lot we apply 'artist's resale right' ('droit de suite') fee. Royalties are calculated using a sliding scale of percentages of the hammer price.