Fine Art: Honorable Mention 2014 (professional)
Mr. Blitz by Szymon Kobusinski (Poland)
AUTHOR
Graduate of National Film School in Lodz, Poland. Portrait photography has been his passion for years. He has photographed notables of culture, politicians and top business leaders.
He is equally passionate about underwater photography. This passion creates truly unique artistic undertakings which evolve into outstanding visual effects. "Whaternet", "(un)saturated with color" and "Metamorphosis" are some of the latest and most critically acclaimed series.
He has created dozens of individual photographic projects that were presented during numerous exhibitions and events: "O2" (Leica Gallery), "The Medalists" (the exhibition created with Polish Para-Olympic Committee), "Passion" (patronage of The President of Polish Ski Federation), "To Save From Oblivion" (honorary patronages of Polish Presidents: R. Kaczorowski and L. Kaczyński; presented in Polish Embassy in London, Royal Baths in Warsaw, Polish Senate), "The Light of Life" (honorary patronage of The Federation of Polish Artists; presented in Grand Theater in Warsaw and also in London, Szczecin, Gdansk, Wroclaw, Poznan), "My Time" and "Another World" (National Theater in Warsaw).
For years he has been sharing his expertise with students. Lecturer of Warsaw School of Advertising, Study Center at Polish Federation of Photographers. He was also a lecturer for postgraduate students (National Film School in Lodz, Academy of Fine Arts in Cracow, University of Maria Sklodowska-Curie in Lublin), also for companies. Mentor Photo Lab Nokia Trends 2007, member of the jury during first edition of the Nikon Film Festival 2010 and Erasmus "Discover Europe".
In 2014 he gave a talk on sources of inspiration in photography during a forum New Japanese Technologies in the Manggha Center for Japanese Technology and Art. The event was organized for the Exchange Year between Visegrád Group and Japan. The lecture was under a honorary patronage of Embassy of Japan in Poland.
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