Since the 1970s, the artist has focused on portrait as the central theme of his work. In the early 1990s, he also took interest in documentary photography, producing the Solvay series, which depicts Cracow`s industrial areas. Member of ZPAF since 1981. U.S.I.A. grant winner; he collaborated with The International Polaroid Collection (Photokina 1990 - Selection 5). Selected group exhibitions in recent years: Self-portraits, Galeria Grodzka BWA, Lublin (2000); Around the Decade - Polish Photography of the 1990s. Museum of Art, Łódź (2002); Me - Others. Self-portrait of Photography, Galeria Sztuki BWA, Jelenia Góra (2004); Don Quixote - An Attempt at Contemporary Interpretation, National Museum in Cracow (2005); 20th-century Polish photography from the collection of the Museum of Art in Łódź, The Shoto Museum of Art, Tokyo (2006); 20th-Century Polish Photography. Stara Galeria ZPAF, Warsaw (2007); Dreamers and Witnesses. Polish Photography of the 20th Century, The National Museum in Cracow, The Arsenal (2008). Works in collections: Bibliotheque Nationale, Paris; Museum of Modern Art, New York; National Museum in Wrocław; Museum of Art in Łódź; The Historical Museum of the City of Cracow.
1984/1985
gelatin silver print, 44.5 x 34 cm,
signature on the front, signature, date and description on the reverse,
edition: 6/10
vintage print
The author has worked on the Self-portrait series since the 1980s.
The photographs have been exhibited since 1986, among others, in ZPAF Gallery, Cracow (1986); Hybrydy Gallery, Warsaw (1987).
Publication: Jerzy Lewczyński, An Anthology of Polish Photography, 1839-1989, Lucrum (1999).
Since the 1970s, the artist has focused on portrait as the central theme of his work. In the early 1990s, he also took interest in documentary photography, producing the Solvay series, which depicts Cracow`s industrial areas. Member of ZPAF since 1981. U.S.I.A. grant winner; he collaborated with The International Polaroid Collection (Photokina 1990 - Selection 5). Selected group exhibitions in recent years: Self-portraits, Galeria Grodzka BWA, Lublin (2000); Around the Decade - Polish Photography of the 1990s. Museum of Art, Łódź (2002); Me - Others. Self-portrait of Photography, Galeria Sztuki BWA, Jelenia Góra (2004); Don Quixote - An Attempt at Contemporary Interpretation, National Museum in Cracow (2005); 20th-century Polish photography from the collection of the Museum of Art in Łódź, The Shoto Museum of Art, Tokyo (2006); 20th-Century Polish Photography. Stara Galeria ZPAF, Warsaw (2007); Dreamers and Witnesses. Polish Photography of the 20th Century, The National Museum in Cracow, The Arsenal (2008). Works in collections: Bibliotheque Nationale, Paris; Museum of Modern Art, New York; National Museum in Wrocław; Museum of Art in Łódź; The Historical Museum of the City of Cracow.