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Marcin Stawiarz nasceu na Polónia, em 1981. Estudou fotografia em Varsóvia e recebeu diversos prémios internacionais, dos quais se destacam o Best Young Photographer (Veneza-Itália, 2007), IPA Architectural Photographer of the Year (Los Angeles-EUA, 2008) e o Grand Prize Winner of Image International (Canadá, 2009).

Trabalhos seus foram publicados em revistas da especialidade em Taiwan, Índia, Emirados Árabes Unidos e Inglaterra, entre outros países.

Realizou exposições individuais em Itália, Suíça, Inglaterra, E.U.A., República Checa e Polónia.

Portugal faz parte da imensa lista de países onde fotografou.

Marcin Stawiarz was born in 1981 in Czestochowa, Poland.

In the year 2006 he obtained a master's degree as a computer scientist in economics. Also he was a student at the Warsaw Photographic School, where he had the opportunity to meet many amazing photographers and their works.

In last few years he got a few prizes in international photographic contests, like: Best Young Photographer on Venice International Photography Contest 2007 (Venice, Italy), IPA Architectural Photographer of the Year 2008 (Los Angeles, USA), and he is a Grand Prize winner of Image International 2009 contest in Canada.

His photographs were published in photographic magazines in many countries, for example in Taiwan (Idea Photos), India (Asian Photography), United Arab Emirates (Soura Magzine), England (Practical Photographer and Digital SLR Photo) and the Asian Photography (India).

At this moments he is represented by those galleries: Art Gallery Ryf in Zurich and Kontemplacje Gallery in Warsaw.

Over the last few years his works have been presented at numerous international exhibitions, in Italy, Switzerland, England, USA, Czech Republic and Poland. In 2008 he've created online photographic magazine – Neutral Density. Where you can find interviews with many great photographers such as Mitch Dobrowner, Adam Burton and Denis Olivier. In his portfolio you will find photographs from trips to France, Spain, Hungary, Lithuania, Latvia, Belgium, Netherlands, England, Wales, Germany, Portugal, China and Dubai.

Artist Statement

I’ve always been fascinated by landscapes – places that are absolutely desolate, where I can stay one on one with nature. For me, the growing joy right before pressing the shutter button as well as the possibility of interacting with the world filled with inspiration is as important as the creative act itself. This initial fascination has rapidly grown into obsession that eventually took control over my life.

Since the beginning of my adventure with photography, every landscape has been an unforgettable experience, thanks to which I’ve learned how to interpret light – the single most important (and the single most waited for) factor that shapes my images. On the other hand, lighting is directly connected with another key element of photography – luck. Proper weather, interesting cloud patterns or even a couple of sunrays breaking through the clouds, have many times decided that after a couple of failed attempts I was able to reach a satisfactory effect the moment nature displayed her most unpredictable face.

Lately, my interests widened to cityscapes, where I pursue qualities characteristic to nature – harmony and peace. As it is getting harder to find traits like that in our more and more hectic world, while taking pictures in the biggest European cities I had to develop the most important virtue of a photographer – patience. That is one of the reasons why there are usually no people (or only their silhouettes) on most of my photographs. But such character of my work is also a result of other factor. Whereas taking pictures with the main focus on a person involves emotions that are relatively easy to define, depicting an empty street or portraying pulsing nature usually requires qualitatively different feelings that have to fill in for the missing elements, thus making such photograph something more than a simple document.

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