ENTRY DESCRIPTION
Hutomanipulation is a big project in which I tried to show, describe, and create an image of a place that is very dear to me – Nowa Huta. It’s a place where I grew up and where I live now.
This photograph, created in the gum bichromate technique, is part of that exploration.
The main driving force here was the architecture of Nowa Huta (especially its oldest part). I wanted to create forms, places, and spaces that never existed – mixing locations that are distant from each other, or creating an axis of symmetry where there is none. I was strongly convinced that it should be a black-and-white image, with deep blacks. I chose a single-layer bichromate print, using carbon black as the pigment. I wanted the picture to feel dirty, a bit industrial – so that the character of the place and its architecture would be enhanced by manipulation and a strong layer of soot.

AUTHOR
Born in Cracow, in 1979, Poland

education:
From 2015
Pedagogical University of Cracow, Faculty of Art,
The third-cycle degree studies (Ph.D.)

2005-2007
The Academy of Fine Arts in Poznan
Multimedia Communication Department
Complementary Master of Art degree Studies – Photography
Diplomas in: Advertising Photography Study and Intermedia Photography Study
With honorable mention finish

2002-2005
The Academy of Fine Arts in Poznan
Multimedia Communication Department
Extramural Department of Photography
Diploma in Classical Themes of Photography Study

work
The lecture of the Art Schools of Cracow since 2003.
The subjects: Portret, Emulsion, Advertising Photography, Landscape, Still Life (The School of Creative Photography) and Photography (The School of Art and Design).

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