It seems my fate to make things that were not meant to happen. When I was going to Syria in 2008 the last thing I had in mind was documentation. It was meant to be an adventure, a journey of discovery, a photographic experience, but I never thought the pictures would gain unexpected documentary value. Unfortunately, with civil war raging there for years I suspect quite a few of the objects I photographed exist only in pictures. Maybe this is the reason for the most archival technique; gum bichromate....
Actually, they were there before I went alternative. I spent something like four years shooting nudes, ended up publishing a book on nude photography and getting exhibited around Poland. But then…. then the two passions overlapped and I ended up doing this; a series of platinum prints. Or should I say combination platinum/palladium prints with an extra touch of gum. There was a time, when I thought of this as a sort of an end, a moment I leave nudes behind to do something else. Now I know it was just a beginning; a beginning of a totally different sort of nude photography. ...
This is an invitation to enter my world. My photographic world. A world where a digital SLR might be a useful tool to shoot backstage but is not really your favourite way to take photos. A world of printing inks, organic coloids, ultraviolet light, manually manipulated images that take a whole day to make and so on. Welcome to the world where each picture is a unique expression of your sensitivity and attitude towards the surrounding world. Before you have a chance to enter this world during the workshops, you are welcome to glimpse it by looking at the galleries showing some of my photographic projects. All the images you see here are scanned alternative prints, though in some places you will also find some backstage images done digitally. Enjoy your...
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