Photojournalism: Honorable Mention 2015 (professional)
ENTRY DESCRIPTION
Red Bull 111 Megawatt was the biggest enduro - cross rally in Poland ever (07.09.2014), for both amateurs and professionals. The competition took place in a usually inaccessible location of a coal mine in Belchatow. Brown Coal Mine Belchatow is one of the most strategic and intriguing places in Poland. Both, the mine itself, which is the single biggest hole dug by a men in Europe as well as the electric power station nearby, which provides energy to over 1/4 of Poland, are great, industrial spaces, where no sports events or audience were welcomed before.
AUTHOR
Grzegorz Wójcik born in 1979 is a freelance Polish photographer. Recently devoted to long-term photojournalism projects which focus on human relations. His photographic works have been published in the local press and on national TV as well.
Grzegorz Wójcik is also an award-winning photographer holding medals of Prix De La Photographie Paris and Moscow International Foto Awards. He also received honorable mentions among others at International Photography Awards, Monochrome Awards, and Px3.
He is a member of the International Sports Press Association (AIPS) and the Polish Sports Writers Association. In 2017 he received the EFIAP title and became a member of one of the oldest Polish photographic societies - Tarnowskie Towarzystwo Fotograficzne (Tarnów Photographic Society).
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