Artist Blog

Every week an artist whose single image was published by Der Greif is given a platform in which to blog about contemporary photography.

Welcome dear viewers! It is an honor for me to be your guest –blogger for Der Greif. I will take you on a tour of my favorite aspects of modern Polish photography and share stories on my work and inspirations. Michal Luczak, a photographer and a very good friend, is a documentalist concentrating on close-by, intimate and often seemingly stories. His pictures emerge, as it were, on the margin of personal meetings. He works in Warsaw, lives in Katowice, and often draws on his Silesian roots. “Ecosystem” is his most recent project. It is set in a nature environment, close to a city. There is a wild forest in the center of Warsaw. Together with the Vistula river, it divides the city into two parts. It looks like a no-man’s land. But just beyond the first line of trees, there is a different world, opposed to city life. With its unique rules of survival. In addition to being a photographer, Michal is also a curator. He was the curator and editor of my book “Swell”. Michal, being my friend, knew the story of the breakup of my relationship from the beginning. He was very close to me, yet at the same time managed to keep the necessary distance to build a comprehensible narrative to it all.