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Documentary About Ed Burtynsky by Jennifer Baichwal- Friday, 9th of July, 9:30 p.m. / Free entrance / - Camelot Gallery - Św.Tomasza 17, Kraków

Podcast 'Championship in Rio' by Katarzyna Mirczak/visavis.pl and Adam Palenta can be watched on Newsweek Poland Magazine web site.

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Photographs by Krystian Bielatowicz/visavis.pl - portraits of communities that live in Mexico - won first prize in category Portrait in BZWBK Press Foto 2010. Congratulations!

We would like to invite for Fotokasty - A review 2010 edition. The event will be held in Krakow, Poland from 21st to 22nd May 2010. Outdoor presentation includes multimedia photo-stories, e.g. MediaStorm, VII Photo Agency.

Two members of The Visavis.pl Photographers' Collective were awarded in Grand Press Photo 2010 competition. In the category SPORT won the photo taken by Katarzyna Mirczak/visavis.pl and photographs by Krystian Bielatowicz/visavis.pl won 2nd prize in the category PEOPLE and 2nd prize in the category EVERYDAY LIFE. Congratulations!

Photographs by Katarzyna Mirczak/visavis.pl were published as illustration to an article 'Slavers of People's Republic of Poland about paramilitary organization At Poland's service in weekly Duzy Format (no 18/877).

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We present some photographs from the crypt beneath Wawel Cathedral, where are burried Jozef Pilsudski, the authoritarian leader of II Polish Republic (died in 1935) and Polish presidential couple Maria and Lech Kaczynski who died in plane crash in Smolensk, Russia in April 2010.

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We would like to present editorial photos taken during the national mourning after the presidential plane crash in Smolensk, Russia and on the day of presidential's couple funera in Krakow, Poland.

PRESIDENTIAL FUNERAL - see photographs

FUNERAL - REPORT - see photographs

NATIONAL MOURNING - PORTRAITS - see photographs

MOURNING CEREMONIES IN WARSAW - see photographs

We would like to inform that essays on photography 'Dno oka' by Wojciech Nowicki are now available in bookstores. In May also meetings with author are planned: 10. May in Krakow, Poland (Camelot Gallery) and 13. May in Warsaw, Poland (Obiekt Znaleziony Club).

'Ill-bred' is a project lead by Filip Springer/visavis.pl which aim is to present the most interesting Polish post-war modern architecture and its values, current condition and the perception of observers and inhabitants.

Please monitor the project's development at web site: zle-urodzone.pl

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Photographs by Filip Springer/visavis.pl from the essay 'Love in time of economic crisis' were awarded in the competition Wielkopolska Press Photo 2009. Also his photos from essay "Deaf" and "Protest" got honorable mention.

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Most of photographic work of Wiktor Pental, who has celebrated recently his 90. birthday, was created in Nowa Huta. As one of the constructors of Nowa Huta, that was planned to be an ideal communist city in Poland, Wiktor Pental visited with a photo camera almost every recess of it. But apart from the construction, he focused on everyday life which nowadays is of great significance. Congratulations!

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Adam Pańczuk/visavis.pl became a finalist of PHotoEspana (PHE) OjodePez Award for Human Values 2009.

In January 2010 start individual photography workshops organized by 'Akademia 5klatek'. The idea of the workshop is to work on own photography project with the help of a professional mentor. One of the 'coaches' is Łukasz Trzciński form Visavis.pl. Recruitment started on November 1st. More info: Akademia5klatek

In this year edition of Newsweek Poland magazine photo competition - Newsreportaż 2009 - photographer from Visavis.pl - Tomasz Gotfryd - won the second award in the category Culture for his photo essay Venomous.

We invite to photography exhibition "Street Children: Lima" by Krystian Bielatowicz/visavis.pl. The openning takes place on 29. October 2009 in Warsaw, Krakowskie Przedmiescie 26/28 Street and the exhibition will last until 16. November 2009.

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Adam Pańczuk/visavis.pl gets the 1st Honorable Mention in 2009 edition of The Magnum Expression Award, established by Magnum Photos and HP to raise awareness through photography.

We invite for 'Piece of Land' photography exhibition by Andrzej Kramarz. The exhibition is open till December 28 in Camelot Gallery, Krakow, Poland.

'New Europe' exhibition - photographs by Łukasz Trzciński/visavis.pl are presented as a part of All About Freedom Festival in Gdańsk, Poland. Exhibition takes place in Galeria Bałtycka, from 10. to 22. November 2009.

Podcast under the title "Najdroższy Tateniek - opowieść katyńska" ('Dearest Daddy - story of the Katyń') produced in co-operation with Visavis.pl by Magdalena Wadowska and Michał Łuczak won the first prize at Newsreportaż 2009 competition.

Filip Springer/visavis.pl published his photographs and article about the town of Miedzianka that - for historical and political reasons - doesn't exist any longer - weekly 'Polityka' (October 10, 2009, no. 41/2726).

Krystian Bielatowicz/visavis.pl invites to exhibition of his photogrpahs from Peru that is presented during Warsaw Photo Days - from 23 to 25 October 2009 on Ząbkowska 27/31 Street in Warsaw.

Photographs by Krystian Bielatowicz/visavis.pl were published in 'National Geogprahic Traveler' magazine (no. 05/2009) as an illustration to article about Finland - 'Sisu in the Moominland'.

It's a pleasure to inform that The Visavis.pl Photographers' Collective started co-operation with international photo agencies, among others in Germany, Austria and Switzerland we are represented by Laif Agentur, in USA, England and Ireland our photographs are distributed by Aurora Photos and in the Netherlands and Belgium - by Hollandse Hoogte and Reporters agencies.

Photographs that are a part of project 'New Europe' by Łukasz Trzciński/visavis.pl are presented in weekly Newsweek Poland, 13th September 2009

The aim of project 'bezGranica' is to supply documentary evidence of the former borders from times when Poland's territory was devided between Russian, Prussian and Austrian Empires. On 29 August 2009 the project made its debut in press - an article appeard in weekly 'Polityka' under the title 'Gulony u Półcentki'; text: Katarzyna Wydra, photo: Tomasz Padło/visavis.pl

'There are still people that stop asking for help, because they do not belive it makes any sense. They have no idea that somewhere are Poor Clare sisters who live just to pray for those who lost hope. Is it hard to understand, isn't it? It's all right' - article about the order of Poor Clare Sisters by Anna Mateja apeard in weekly POLITYKA (1st August 2009), photos: Przemysław Krzakiewicz/visavis.pl

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The photograph from the photo essay 'Almost beautiful' by Filip Springer/visavis.pl won the first prize in 'Ecology through a Lens 2009' competition.

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Archive photographs taken by Wiktor Pental/visavis.pl and Henryk Makarewicz/visavis.pl to document the first years of existence of Nowa Huta - former workers' district of Cracow were published in the supplement to daily 'Gazeta Wyborcza' - 'Duży Format' (no. 27, 16th July, 2009) as an illustration to article concerning the 60th anniversary of Nowa Huta.

In the monthly magazine PRESS (no 7, July 2009) has appeared an article of The Visavis.pl member - Filip Springer, under the title of 'Foto-eksperymenty' ('Photo-experiments'). Author describes the chances of multimedia fotokasty in the zone of information transfer and photography presentation. He also writes about possibilities that spring up ahead of photo-journalists in connection with the constant development of that multimedia form.

The photo essay 'Midsummer in Latvia' by Łukasz Trzciński/visavis.pl was published on The Guardian's web site. Midsummer celebrations take various forms, none more true to its roots than the pagan rituals that take place in Latvia. On Piltinkalns hill, next to the town of Drusti, locals adhere to the original traditions of the pre-Christian festival, picking plants and lighting bonfires to protect against evil spirits.

Karczeby is a traditional term used in East of Poland for people strongly attached to the soil they have been cultivating for generations. The word Karczeb was also used to describe what remains after a tree is cut down - a trunk with roots, which remains in the ground. This also applies to people - it was not easy for the authorities to root them out from their land, even in the stalinism times. Photographer Adam Pańczuk since 2008 has been working on his project which is now featured in The New York Times photojournalism LENS blog. Previously the photographs have been awarded in numerous photo contests: were selected for the short list in the professional portraiture category at the 2009 Sony World Photography Awards, awarded the first prize in the People category at the Grand Press Photo in Poland, awarded the first prize in the Portratuire category at the BZWBK PressPhoto in Poland and became one of the finalists in the the second PHotoEspana (PHE) OjodePez Award for Human Values. The project also had a slideshow at the Photographic Festival in Kaunus, Lithuania (May 2009).

The first ever Fotokasty - a review has already come to an end. During 3-day event the participants took part in workshops, presentations, lectures, a conference and outdoor presentation of multimedia, known as fotokasty. We would like to thank all people who participate in the festival and invite you to 2010 edition. A short report on the Fotokasty - a review is available on Fotopolis.pl

Photographs from "802% above the norm" cycle will be shown within the framework of the "Northern Ireland’s third Polish Cultural Week" from 3rd till 16th May 2009 – this time, as a part of the "Polska!Year" program developed by the Adam Mickiewicz Institute in Warsaw. The program covers over 200 events in the most renowned and recognized concert halls, museums and galleries in cities including London, Edinburgh, Canterbury, Leeds, Liverpool, Oxford, Birmingham, Glasgow, Dundee, Norwich and Belfast. The exhibition casts a sharply ironic light on Poland’s years under communism and many of the images on show spent over half a century in hiding from the consequences of state censorship.

The exhibition is hosted by the Red Barn Gallery – Belfast’s most attractive and quirky gallery space, runed by Irish photographer, Frankie Quinn who has documented the conflict in the north of Ireland for over the last three decades.

Venue: Red Barn Gallery | 43b Rosemary Street BT1 | North Ireland Date: 3 May – 18 May 2009