Born in 1989. Graduated from the Leon Schiller National Higher School of Film, Television and Theatre in Łódź (M.A. in Photography at the Film and TV Direction Department).
He is mainly interested in the documentary photography which he uses to describe social phenomena, present in the the reality surrounding him.
His works have been awarded many times (e.g. finalist of the Magnum Expression Award, Photolucida Critical Mass, Lucie Foundation Emerging Scholarship and New York Photo Festival) and exhibited at various festivals in Poland and abroad (Fotofestiwal in Łódź, Encontros da Imagem Braga, Kolga Tbilisi Photo).
Currently he also works as a lecturer at the Academy of Photography in Warsaw.
About ‘The New Poles’:
This project is about the new Poles or maybe post-Poles as well as my view of economical and social changes in Poland.
The one who inspired me to begin working on the subject was my cousin and the fact that he is only seven years younger but the generation gap is so strongly highlighted. Aged between 14 and 15.
Come from middle-class polish families. Born after overthrowing communism. Raised in the age of the Internet and consumption. Both aware of plenty of opportunities that world is offering them and overwhelmed by enormous numbers of stimuli.
This situation causes some kind of state of suspension that can be felt in the background which is also linked with the time of youth and maturation making it even more complicated.
It was interesting for me to observe them as indicators of changes as well as explore my own feelings about new world and new generation which is an important part of the project.
I wanted the distance between the photographer and those being photographed to be seen. We do not fully understand each other and that’s the point I think.
