Transphotography
Between politics and polyphony

Mass of photography festivals of various ranks, ranges and locations floods Poland. Among them the fight for supremacy is more and more clearly led by those which offer the viewer something more than merely a presentation of photographs. I do not only mean thematic events which, by definition, are focused on a given and previously determined issue or phenomenon, but most of all problem presentations that pull the viewer out of his or her passive role of an image-eater. Instead, they offer not always convenient, but usually dynamic and unpredictable confrontation with stereotypes and with what the French call idées réçues – “obtained ideas”, ideas and views “obtained” by an individual from others and applied in a quite inconsiderate way inside his or her world view. Such thought “picklocks” were once formed by being a member of a given clan, social or professional group; nowadays a visibly deciding role in this field is played by media, especially those that use image, that is TV and illustrated press using photography. And here we come back to the main thread of this text, that is to photography and the selection of photography festivals, among which the second edition of Transphotography seems to deserve more than just a passing glance.

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Marta Eloy Cichocka


 

Gdansk

        
           
 
Thibaut Cuisset
Polska Filharmonia Baltycka
  
Olivier Mirguet
CSW Laznia
           
 
Leo Fabrizio
CSW Laznia
  
Manuel Litran
CSW Laznia
           
 
Michael Ackerman
CSW Laznia
  
Ula Tarasiewicz
Stacja DeLuxe
           
 
Tomek Zerek
PGR ART
  
 
           
           
 

Gdynia

        
           
 
 

Rafal Milach
Polska 30
           
 

Gautier Deblonde
Polska 30

  

Grégoire Eloy
Polska 30
           
 

Sputnik Photos
Polska 30

  
           
 

Malgorzata Dobke
Polska 30

  
           
 

Michael von Graffenried
Pomorski Park Naukowo-Technologiczny

  
           
           
           
 

Sopot

        
           
 
 
           
 

Transfotografia Prezentacja
Bohaterów Monte Cassino

  
           
 

Ula Tarasiewicz
Klubogaleria Soho