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Fotografuje wielkoformatowymi aparatami. innych, w których zajęła 4 pierwsze, 3 drugie
i 3 trzecie miejsca oraz 15 Honorable
Fascynuje ją praca w ciemni i procesy
chemiczne, a w szczególności technika Mention: Tokyo i Moscow International Foto
mokrego The artist kolodionu, takes pictures którą using wybrała large-format jako cameras. Fascinated Awards, by working Fine Art in Photography, a dark room, chemical Black&White processes
medium
and, in particular,
przekazu
the
artystycznego.
wet collodion technique, she has chosen
Spider,
this
Monochrome,
medium of artistic
Neutral
transmission.
Density,
The
Art
photographic
reality is one created by her, associated with the unknown, resulting from the physical and chemical process
of creating the
Rzeczywistość fotograficzna
photograph. Currently,
jest rzeczywistością
She consciously kreowaną and clearly przez refers nią, to połączoną
nature, showing how Ambrotypy much we are prezentowała connected it, how na much wystawach we depend
Cichoszewska
Limited,
is working
Portret
on projects
Prawdziwy.
called Desires and Coexistence.
z niewiadomą on it. Nature irrevocably wynikającą imposes z procesu on us the rhythm of passing, indywidualnych as the consequences w Galerii of seasons, Strefa life Art cycles: the
fizykochcemicznego time of birth, adolescence, powstania love, maturity, zdjęcia. and death. w Żorach oraz Oko we Wrocławiu.
Realizuje obecnie cykle zatytułowane: „Pragnienia”,
took 4 ”Współistnienie”. first places, 3 second W and swojej 3 third twórczości
places as well as między 15 Honorable innymi: Mentions: „Korzenie” Tokyo and w Moscow Centralne Interna-
Oko,
Brała udział w wystawach kolektywnych
Monika Cichoszewska is a winner of the international photo contest DEBUTS 2017 and many others, in which she
świadomie tional Photo i wyraźnie Awards, Fine nawiązuje Art Photography, do natury, Black&White Poznań, Spider, Monochrome, w Muzeum Neutral Fotografii Density, Art Limited, Real
pokazując Portrait. odbiorcy jak silnie jesteśmy
w Bydgoszczy, Festiwal Fotografii Tradycyjnej,
Zabrze, BWA Kielce.
z nią związani, jak bardzo zależymy od niej.
She presented her ambrotypes at individual exhibitions in the “Art Zone Gallery” in Żory and “Eye” in Wroclaw.
Natura nieodwracalnie narzuca nam rytm Jej prace zostały ostatnio wybrane
The artist took part in collective exhibitions, including “Roots” in the “Centralne Oko” in Poznan, the Museum of
przemijania, Photography jako in Bydgoszcz, następstw the Festival pór roku, of Traditional cykli Photography, i prezentowane Zabrze, BWA w Kielce. wystawach Her work „Light was recently Sensitive”
at the Intersection Galeria Art Gallery, Intersection, Gilbert, USA, Gilbert, “Living Image”. USA,
selected
czasu and presented narodzin, at the dojrzewania, exhibitions “Light miłości, Sensitive” życia:
dojrzałości Halide Project i śmierci. Gallery, Philadelphia, USA, 13 JMC Women „ Photographers, Living Image”. Nostrum Galeria Photo Halide Gallery, Project, Barcelona.
Laureatka międzynarodowego konkursu Philadelphia USA, 13 JMC Women Photographers,
Galeria Foto Nostrum, fotograficznego DEBUTS 2017 oraz wielu
Barcelona.
Julka
I remember times when taking photos required skills
and equipment (including darkroom kits). Now anyone
can take a shot, even with the phone, there are
more opportunities for example, with digital editing.
Is photography finished as an art form, or is the
opposite?
Are we really still questioning if photography is art?
My favourite artist and photographer Zdzislaw Beksiński
once wrote in a letter to a friend, another photographer
Jerzy Lewczynski: “photography, as such, cannot be art,
and this lies in its very essence. The whole attempt of
taking an artistic photo is a contradiction and it’s the
biggest nonsense you can imagine. Remember what
I’m going to tell you Jurek because today I’m under
influence of alcohol and in a seer mood. Photography
is not art! Puffery! Shit! Sham! Bye!” You could agree
with this, but sometimes I subjectively feel that some
photos can qualify for the title of art if they engage,
evoke emotions, provided that they do not reflect
reality. Perhaps, thanks to computer manipulation,
photography is now even closer to art. Everyone should
find the answer to this question within themselves.
Dedicated to the forest; Model: Agnieszka Surdej; outdoor PAW
What camera and what lenses do you shoot with?
I use XIX century technique and take pictures using glass
plates. I have an old Kodak View Camera large format
cameras 6 1/2” x 8 1/2” (about 16.5 cm x 21.5 cm) and
originating from the GDR: Mentor Panorama 18cmx
24cm, Głobica 18cmx 24cm lenses 250, 300, 360 Tessar
and Graflex camera 4 x 5 “ Aero Ektar lens, 210 Tessar.
I used to take black-and-white photos because in
the past the colour was difficult to achieve (different
magnifiers, different photographic film, different photo
chemicals). And now, when technology allows you to
show colours without any restrictions, photographers
are running away from colour. How did you develop
your passion for black-and-white photography?
Let me explain that ambrotype imposes
monochromatism because the image on the glass forms
a metallic silver, and unexposed parts of a picture are
transparent, meaning they become black. Despite the
fact that these are quite contrasting photos, they are
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