the Art of Observation — photo-architectural workshop
Michał Łuczak was born in 1983 in Giszowiec, Upper Silesia, in Poland. He still lives there but works in Warsaw. For many years he has been documenting Silesia and the changes that it has gone through since 1989. In 2008—2009 he collaborated with Andrzej Kramarz on a project initiated by Imago Mundi foundation: Stefania Gurdowa — Negatives Are To Be Stored and Stefania Gurdowa — Time of Innocence. In 2010 he became a member of the Sputnik Photos collective, contributing to the following projects: Is (Not) and Distant Place. Also in 2010, in collaboration with Anka Sielska and Krzysztof Szewczyk, he set up the foundation Kultura Obrazu, with a view to popularize documentary photography and graphic design in Silesia.
Marek Woźniczka is an architect and graphic artist who graduated from the faculty of Sculpture at the Wrocław University of Technology. He has participated in numerous architectural competitions, and has collaborated on a few awarded projects. He runs his own studio in Katowice, designing interiors, private houses and public buildings. His everyday observations of the surrounding space occasionally result in commentaries that he presents on his blog.
The art of observation proves to be indispensable for architects and photographers alike. There are certainly few other professions with seeing space as a key skill. However, seeing quite often stems from knowing, and if we want to see something we need to know how it should be looked at.
Workshop participants will have an opportunity to familiarize themselves with the most important issues regarding space as seen by architects and photographers. This review will be complemented with the basic concepts in architectural theory and key principles in architectural photography.
After the theoretical session, participants will deal with some practical warm-up exercises, and finally, armed with their cameras, they will set out to capture Katowice city centre. There will be a few tasks in which they will have to get to grips with this incredibly difficult space.
Each workshop day will be comprised of theoretical and practical parts.
