Mandalay - Myanmar October 2018 /photo Maciej Dakowicz
I was born in soviet Poland where I found my calling in the spatial perception and geometric patterns of architecture. After finishing my studies in architecture, I moved to Paris, where I have lived ever since.
I discovered street photography in November 2018, when I decided to take one of Maciej Dakowicz’ workshops in Mandalay, Myanmar. That was the first spark that incited a whole series of workshops and photography related trips, from the Salar de Uyuni in Bolivia to the Bay of Bengal in India, my photographs are inspired by the people that I cross paths with during each adventure.
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"I don't think about art when I work, I think about life. "
-Jean Michel Basquiat
I live for spontaneous encounters that can only take place in the streets, looks, compositions and colors lead me to create portraits through contact and empathy. A woman blindfolding her eyes from the sun, a shadow flooding the edges of a fruit stand, a scarf carried away by a sudden gust of wind, these ordinary scenes become extraordinary fragments that make up my photos.
When I go to the streets with my camera, I have no specific idea of what I will be photographing .. street, light, colors and most of all ordinary people inspire me. I feel that something magical is happening with me, with the world around me as I take pictures
GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2022 - ISPF ItalianStreetPhotoFestival, my series "Out of the shadow" is among the 12 finalists, Roma - 29-30April, 1 May
https://2022.italianstreetphotofestival.com/contest-finalists-and-winners-2022/
2022 - Women Street Photographers - Annual Exhibition in New York - April 8
https://www.womenstreetphotographers.com
2021 - Women Street Photographers :
- 2nd Virtual Exhibition, September – October 2021
-Exhibition at the Regional Museum of Anthropology, Villahermosa, Mexico, 2021
2021 - Women Street Photographers :
July 26-August 9, Paris Exhibition of 30 Photographers .
2021 - Mars 9 - 28, "Double Trouble" -Unexposed Collective and Women in Street in Brisbane.
2020 - Women Street Photographers :
December 11 - 28 , New York
October 17-November 8, Trieste, Italy
August 19-September 19, Kuala Lumpur Photography Festival
August 27-September 27 Chelyabinsk, Russia
2020 - Head On Photo Festival06 November-06 December , "Double Trouble" in Sydney
2019 - Women Street Photographers 18 December-02 January, New York
Miami Street Photography Festival 05 December-8 December
2015 - Salon Internacional del Caribe 03-06 July , Santiago de Cuba, Special distinction.
2012 - "Electric Worlds", exhibition organized by the EDF Foundation in Paris 14 novembre 2012 au 17 mars 2013,
then in Mulhouse and Toulouse. /Reportage "Hairdressing salon in Santiago de Cuba"
SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2016 - 06 - 20 February, "After Sandy" exhibition at Santiago de Cuba, Centro Provincial de Artes Plásticas y Diseño.
2O15 - 31 August-10 Septembre, " Winged and Earthly Creatures" de Mirta Gontad et Anna Biret , exhibition at PARIS, Argentine Embassy.
2014 - 22 July-05 August, "Traces and Contrasts" exhibition at Sopot/Poland , Zatoka Sztuki.
17 September-18 October ,"Traces and Contrasts" exhibition at PARIS, Espace Remix Co-Working.
2013 - 15 - 29 September, "Traces and Contrasts" exhibition at PARIS, Galerie Sparts.
PUBLICATIONS
2022 - The Independent Photography - Street photography - finalists judged by Bruce Gilden.
https://independent-photo.com/themes/may-2022/
2022 - Life Framer - "Youthhood" - finalists judged by conceptual fine art photographer Holly Andres.
https://www.life-framer.com/youthhood-2022/
2022 - RÉPONSES PHOTO nr 347 - mars 2022
2021 - LensCulture -Street Photography Awards 2021 Winner
2021 - AAP Magazine #22 Streets - 0ctober
2021 - RÉPONSES PHOTO nr 342 - Permanent contest "The 5 winners"
2021 - Life Framer - "Youthhood" - finalists judged by Dutch fine art photographer Hellen van Meene
https://www.life-framer.com/youthhood-2021/
2021 - AAP Magazine #15 Streets
2021 - Women Street Photographers / book, 100 photographers featured /
2020- Life Framer - "Open Call" judged by Martin Parr /finalists
https://www.life-framer.com/photographer/anna-biret/
2014 - Traces and Contrasts
2012 - Mondes Electriques /"Electric Worlds"/, EDF Foundation in Paris /Reportage "Hairdressing salon in Santiago de Cuba"