ca. 1955
gelatin silver print, 40 x 30 cm,
vintage print
The photograph proves the worth of the words spoken by Jerzy Busza, who named Schlabs a humanist artist (About Photographers, COMUK, 1990). Before Schlabs became immersed in photograms, for which he is best known, he had intensively looked for the right perspective in photography.
Exhibitions The Experimenting Schlabs. Photography from 1952-1957: Galeria Piekary, Poznań (2011); Dolnośląskie Centrum Fotografii Domek Romański, Gallery of the Centre for Arts and Culture in Wrocław (2013).
Publications: The Experimenting Schlabs. Photography from 1952-1957 (Fundacja 9/11 Art Space, 2011); Bronisław Schlabs. Step into Contemporaneity (Fundacja 9/11 Art Space, 2012).