Michal Przedlacki's photostream  

Polish, born in Plock, Poland.

I'm learning life as it comes by, and I'm trying to use its lessons to improve myself. Quite a process, let me tell you.

I write.

" Much of what we experience as war photography focuses attention on the manner in which war is fought. And whether the photographs we see shows soldiers conducting military campaigns, interacting with local children in occupied territories, experiencing the boredom of war that punctuates the time between skirmishes, suffering from wounds both physical and psychological, or returning home to the hugs and relief of friends and families—or worse, in flag drapped coffins, the focus is always on what we might call “the conduct of war" - quoted after www.nocaptionneeded.com.

Photography is an amateur effort to capture what I see. Sometimes it's easier to press a shutter and only after recall the meaning, emotions and feeling of a scene captured. I photograph to give voice to those forgotten, sent beyond what is interesting enough to be reported.

I stay away from photographing warriors. Anyway, they like to photograph themselves. I focus on those, who have simply a right to speak, to be heard, but who are silenced by most of mainstream media.

Some of my works have been published in:

Art Club Caucasus, Georgia

Caposud Magazine, Italy

Comisión Española de Ayuda al Refugiado brochure, Spain

Facsimile Magazine, US

Hanne Ørstavik Novel „The Calling”, photo for bookcover, Norway

Human Rights Brief Magazine, American University, Washington College of Law, US

Institute for War and Peace Reporting, Great Britain

La Reppubblica (critics blog), Italy

Le Monde (Editorial Blog), France

Moskovsiy Komsomolets, Russia

National Public Radio (NPR), The Picture Show, US

Newsweek Polska, Poland

Now Public Magazine, Vancouver, Canada

Prague Watchdog, Czech Republic

Snapme Magazine, Poland

The World Today Magazine, Royal Institute of International Affairs, Great Britain

The United Nations, 2010 CERF Report

Utblick Magazine, Foreign Policy Association, Sweden

Utrikespolitiska Föreningen i Uppsala Magazine, Sweden

Women's Commission for Refugee Women and Children, New York, US

Zeitung Welternährung, fotoreportage for Welthungerhilfe, Germany

Exhibitions:

Traffic Club, joint exhibition organized by PHO, Poland, 2005

Warsaw Subway, joint exhibition organized by Polish Ministry for Foreign Affairs, Poland, 2007

Bibbiena, Toscany, joint exhibition organized by the Italian Center for Fine Art Photography, Italy, 2011

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