1955
gelatin silver print, 22 x 39 cm,
titled, dated and artist`s stamp on the reverse,
vintage print

The photographic archive of Leonard Sempoliński is so rich that one has the impression that the artist never parted with his camera. The motifs cover a wide range: documentary photographs of war-time cruelty, depictions of Warsaw in ruins, documentation of Polish architecture and scenes of everyday life. When commenting on the exhibition I Just Make Documentary Photographs in the Zachęta Gallery in Warsaw (2005), Adam Mazur stressed that the documentary photographs of Sempoliński have their roots in Bułhak`s art, which is evidenced by the post-impressionist aesthetics visible in some of the works. The featured photograph is representative of such aesthetics.