3rd Place winner
Dialogue, 2022
DESCRIPTION
Although Helena was in born 1934, she is icon of the modeling not only in Poland. She loves people and enjoys spending time with them. This day she invited me and Veronique (23 y.o., also model) to her place. When Ladies started to talk time stopped ...You are what you feel (...).
AUTHOR
”Photography is my bridge between facts and emotions, a link between mind and spirit. You are how you feel (…) that is my credo” – Radek von HirschbergRadek took his first steps in photography in Jelenia Góra. And that is the place to which his artistic pseudonym refers. Today, Radek’s photography is universal in nature, though it is clearly dominated by man and landscapes in a broad sense. An open mind enables him to freely combine many varieties of this art form, for example by creating narrative portraits or figures that smoothly blend into landscape or architecture. With his photographs he tells stories, describes emotions, and sometimes it is merely the form that concerns him. Particularly noteworthy is the flagship project Desolate Beauty, which Radek has recently been working on.
He takes both digital and analogue photographs. Sometimes he even combines a modern camera with old lenses (including, for example, a favourite replica of a 19th century Petzval with a focal length of 55 mm). He loves natural light but does not shun work in a studio, and sometimes – typical of him – he combines many different kinds of light. Therefore, it is worth following Radek’s dynamically expanding Portfolio.
His work has received awards and has been published and exhibited in Poland and abroad. It can also be found in public and private collections. Radek also cooperates with international model agencies in fashion photography. His photos appear in galleries at home and abroad, and also turn up at numerous auctions (they are officially noted on the Polish and European market (Art Info, ArtPrice).
John Lennon reportedly said, ”You have to convince yourself that you have talent and then believe in it”. But Radek says, ”When taking photographs, I put on pink ‘Lennon glasses’ and a sequin hat. "