23rd Busan International Environmental Arts Festival (BIEAF) 2026 I am deeply honoured to be invited to participate in the 23rd Busan International Environmental Arts Festival (BIEAF) 2026 and to serve as a member of the Steering Committee for this remarkable international event. Held under the inspiring theme “From Sun to Boy,” BIEAF brings together artists, curators, cultural
A great portrait does not answer the question of who someone is. It deepens the question. Throughout history, the greatest portraits have never been simple records of appearance. From Renaissance paintings to the iconic photographs of the twentieth century, portraiture has always been an attempt to capture something more elusive: character, desire, ambition, vulnerability, and
Honoured to join the jury of the 10th edition of the MONOVISIONS Awards. Black and white photography has always possessed a unique power — the ability to strip away distraction and reveal emotion in its purest form. This year, I am honored to bring that perspective to the prestigious MONOVISIONS Awards as a jury member
“Sacred”: something dedicated to a deity, considered holy, or set apart for religious use, demanding high respect and reverence. “Decadence”: a state of moral, cultural, or social decline and deterioration, often driven by excessive self-indulgence, luxury, and a pursuit of pleasure.… SACRED DECADENCE When did you first drink absinthe?Mine was in May 1996, in the
The PhotoWalk Podcast EPISODE #525 HOW TO CHANGE YOUR LIFE PROFOUNDLY There are moments in life when something deeply personal finds its way into the wider world—and this is one of them. My photo project Chalk-Stone White has been included in The PhotoWalk Podcast by Neale James, Episode #525: “How to Change Your Life Profoundly” (UK, 27 March 2026).
The Fictional: Rewriting Reality (London, 2026) In 2024, I began The Fictional—a photographic inquiry into the fragile boundary between truth and illusion. Inspired in part by The Peripheral, the series explored how power persists through architecture, symbolism, and narrative, even as reality itself fractures. Now, in 2026, I return to the same terrain with Aeon
‘Freedom begins where the old story ends’. ophelia rising now. ”OPHELIA RISING’ IS AN INVITATION: TO STEP OUT OF THE WATER, TO LET THE OLD SELF DISSOLVE, AND TO RESURRECT INTO A FREER EXISTENCE. She is taught to be beautiful before she is taught to be free. From childhood, the script is whispered into her
We walk across collapsed burial mounds, along worn tarmac and salt marsh, through quagmires where black crows pick at the remnants of life. ‘THIS TERRAIN MIRRORS OUR OWN MOMENT. PAST AND PRESENT NO LONGER SIT IN SEQUENCE BUT OVERLAP, ERODING INTO ONE ANOTHER. THE CHALK CLIFFS, CONTINUALLY SHAPED BY PRESSURE AND WEATHER, REVEAL HOW ALL
Freedom looks like disorder, It smells like decay, And still, it is freedom. The Scent of Freedom In the final years of communism, a system built on control, my grandmother—a nurse at a psychiatric hospital in central Poland—used to take me with her to work. I was a child, watching quietly. The hospital had been
Born during the collapse of communism, my childhood was spent between my grandfather’s cinema and the psychiatric hospital where my grandmother worked. I silently observed the fragility of human nature and learned early on that sanity is political and reality is negotiable.
