Stach Szabłowski comments on Poland – the state of research
Poland – the state of research For several years, Poland has been facing a growing problem in the arts. At the same time, the problem with photography, and more precisely its ontology, is becoming more and more pronounced in an era of overproduction – and postproduction – of digital images. We could add to this […]
RAFAŁ MILACH: THE CENTER
For the past year Rafal Milach has been documenting Warsaw’s peripheries and its ephemeral architecture. The artist organised several walks with photographers encouraging them to search for the uncanny architectural solutions in the capital. His project can be followed on www.projekt-centrum.pl Project supported by the City of Warsaw
KAROLINA GEMBARA: NEW VARSOVIANS
Since April Karolina Gembara has been conducting photography workshops for migrants called “New Varsovians”. The group got training on studio and lightenings, visual storytelling and writing on photography. We also visited some exhibitions and even enjoyed an intense workshop with Fuji Instax. At the moment Karolina is working with a reporter Dorota Borodaj, designer Dasha […]
PAMELA BOŻEK: ANIMATED WARSAW
[różowy balon z gumy zasłania jej twarz i pęka] Działanie Pameli Bożek miało na celu stworzenie płaszczyzny wymiany doświadczeń pomiędzy młodymi osobami Safią, Sumają, Ajdemą, Khavą i Mohamedem, pochodzącymi z Czeczenii, mieszkającymi w Ośrodku dla Cudzoziemców na warszawskim Targówku i poza ośrodkiem, a zaproszonymi przez artystkę osobami z doświadczeniem migracji, które Warszawę wybrały jako miejsce […]
AGNIESZKA RAYSS: A COLLECTOR’S FILE
Agnieszka Rayss has been working on a publication presenting photos of interiors and objects from small Warsaw museums. Items stored in these museums have often witnessed the history of the city, they made its identity. In the era of digitization and internet communication objects are losing their significance. In this project, the objects and places […]
ADAM PAŃCZUK: ON WARSAW
“On Warsaw” – alternative guide is a publication created with the texts on the Polish capital by writers, musicians and journalists along with Adam Panczuk photographs. The authors include Sylwia Chutnik, Ludwika Włodek, Paweł Althamer, Filip Springer, Bartek Waglewski, Joanna Sosnowska, Małgorzata Kucewicz, Wojciech Mann, Piotr Fiedler and many others. They speak about each individual’s […]
New project: PULSE
The project implemented in 2019 in Warsaw by Sputnik Photos explores the contemporary identity of the capital, taking into account its history through a series of activities for city residents coming out of the medium of photography. We will be particularly interested in examining the pulse of today’s capital in places that are distant from […]
NO.7 Sputnik Photos Mentoring Programme
We are pleased to present our most recent publication with 11 stories by our talented students of Sputnik Photos Mentoring Programme 2017/2018. You can order the book and support Sputnik with your donation. The minimum donation is 10 euro plus shipping. NO 7: Sputnik Photos Mentoring Programme 2017/2018 annual publication presenting work of 11 emerging […]
Exhibition / Lost Territories. PALIMPSEST LTA (10)
New exhibition Lost Territories. PALIMPSEST (LTA 10) at Scotiabank Contact Photography Festival in Toronto, Canada. Till 31st of May our specially prepared public installation is to see in Brookfield Place, Toronto. More information here.
Workshop: Sputnik Photos Mentoring Programme goes international!
This year we decided to launch for the first time, our mentoring programme for foreign students. The workshop will be led in english by the mentors: Jan Brykczyński, Karolina Gembara, Michał Łuczak, Adam Pańczuk, Agnieszka Rayss and guests. You can apply right now. We wait for you till the 15th of June. More details and […]
Exhibition / The Geometry of Imagination at GGM Gallery in Gdansk, PL
Sputnik Photos in collaboration with Hungarian artist Peter Puklus and Tomasz Szerszeń. On view till April 6th.
Workshop: Fabulous Failures – the photo workshop by Erik Kessels.
Sputnik Photos invites for a workshop by Erik Kessels. More information here.
Exhibition: ‘Geometry of Imagination’ at GGM in Gdańsk.
‘Geometry of Imagination’ is a collaboration between Sputnik Photos photographers and a Hungarian artists Peter Puklus. Exhibited at GGD in Gdańsk, the new work refers to the Polish avant-garde movement of the 20s and 30s of the XX century and it explores the socio-political problems of today’s Europe. Exhibition is open from 15.02.2019 till 06.04.2019. More […]
Book sale!
We have prepared a special Xmass/New Year offer on our Sputnik Photos books. They are available in reduced prices on our bookshelf. The offer is valid until 31st January. Fruit Garden: 15 Euro Word book / Niekompletny spis rzeczy: 15 Euro Set ( Fruit Garden + Word book): 25 Euro Set ( Fruit Garden + NIekompletny spis rzeczy): 25 […]
News: FUJI FILM POLSKA / PATRONAGE
Z radością informujemy, że Sputnik Photos nawiązał współpracę z Fuji Film Polska. Firma stanie się Mecenasem Programu Mentorskiego wspierając naszych studentów swoimi doskonałymi usługami, materiałami i sprzętem. Nie możemy doczekać się pierwszych rezultatów! We are very happy to inform that Sputnik Photos has launched a cooperation with Fuji Film Polska. The company will become an important […]
Award: Rafał Milach nominated to Paszporty Polityki
Rafał Milach has been shortlisted to Polityka magazine Passport Awards 2018 (Paszporty Polityki) in category Visual Arts. We keep fingers crossed. More information HERE
Book: NO.6 Sputnik Photos Mentoring Programme
We are pleased to present our most recent publication with 11 stories by our talented students of Sputnik Photos Mentoring Programme 2016/2017. You can order the book and support Sputnik with your donation. The minimum donation is 5 euro plus shipping. NO 6: Sputnik Photos Mentoring Programme 2016/2017 annual publication presenting work of 10 emerging […]
Exhibition: ‘Geometry of Imagination’ at Mai Mano House.
‘Geometry of Imagination’ is a collaboration between Sputnik Photos photographers and a Hungarian artists Peter Puklus. Exhibited at Mai Mano House in Budapest, the new work refers to the Polish avant-garde movement of the 20s and 30s of the XX century and it explores the socio-political problems of today’s Europe. On view until 7th October. […]
Exhibition:The Lost Territories. CONTROL / Transphotographiques 2018
The Lost Territories. CONTROL will investigate the different aspects of the ubiquitous and oppressive control in the post-Soviet area during USSR period and today, dialoguing with French experiences with territories lost in their history. The exhibit from 16.07 till 25.08. 2018 within the Transphotographiques 2018 Photo Festival in Lille/France. More info here. Project supported by […]
Ruszył nabór na Program Mentorski 2018/2019!
Rusza rekrutacja na 7 edycje PROGRAMU MENTORSKIEGO SPUTNIK PHOTOS. W tym roku po raz pierwszy ZAPRASZAMY RÓWNIEŻ NA 2 ROK, podczas którego studenci będą pracować nad prezentacją i promocją gotowych już cykli. Szczegóły i rekrutacja na nowej stronie Programu Mentorskiego. Serdecznie zapraszamy! Sputnik Photos Program Mentorski 2018/2019
Print: Lost Territories Archive: DELO ( LTA8)
We have prepared a special file for the Lost Territories Archive (LTA 8) exhibition within RIBOCA. You can find it at the Morbergs Residency. The exhibition is on view till October 28th
Exhibition: Lost Territotires Archive (LTA 9) at RIBOCA
Lost Territories Archive is currently on view ( till October 28th) within Riga International Biennial of Contemporary Art (RIBOCA). LTA(8) at the Former Biological Faculty
Exhibition: Lost Territotires Archive (LTA 8) at RIBOCA
Lost Territories Archive is currently on view ( till October 28th) within Riga International Biennial of Contemporary Art (RIBOCA). LTA(8) at the Morbergs Residence
Website / Lost Territories Archive
We are happy to share the updated Lost Territories Archive website. All activities linked to our long term project about former Soviet republics: books, exhibitions, site-specific installations, commissioned texts and more. Check the website here http://lta.sputnikphotos.com/
Lost Territories. Wordbook (LTA7) / Exhibition
Lost Territories. Wordbook (LTA 7) exhibition at Pix.House Gallery in Poznań (PL) during X-Print photobook festival. 24.11-8.12.2017 More information HERE
Zine / STRONY #3
Trzeci numer STRON – zaangażowanego artystycznego zinu Kolektywu Sputnik Photos, który wspólnie tworzą ludzie piszący i artyści wizualni. Pierwszy numer skupiał się na środowisku, drugi, jest o obcym, a trzeci o postprawdzie. PDF do pobrania TUTAJ/DOWNLOAD HERE Ilustracja: Przemysław Branas
Exhibition / Lost Territories. Phantom LTA (6)
New exhibition Lost Territories. PHANTOM (LTA 6) at the Mysteskyi Arsenal gallery in Kiev, Ukraine. Curated by Kateryna Radchenko, the exhibition brings together the works which reflect the idea of formation an ideal social space, casts doubt on the long-term viability of utopian systems, and visualize transformations in the former Soviet states.
Support Poster / STRONY #2
We have prepared a limited edition of 300 posters linked to our activist-zine project STRONY The entire income will be transferred to Homofaber Foundation that helps people suffering form xenophobia and islamophobia in Poland. Suggested donation is 10 EUR with shipping costs Help us support discriminated people. Thank you. poster by: Edgar Bąk / Demokracja Ilustrowana
Support Poster / STRONY #1
We have prepared a limited edition of 300 posters linked to our activist-zine project STRONY The entire income will be transferred to Obóz dla puszczy ( The camp for Bialowieza forrest) that fights against illegal tree felling in Białowieża primary forrest the eldest in Europe protected by Unesco. Suggested donation is 10 EUR with shipping costs Help us support discriminated people. Thank […]
Zine / STRONY #2
Drugi numer STRON – zaangażowanego artystycznego zinu Kolektywu Sputnik Photos, który wspólnie tworzą ludzie piszący i artyści wizualni. Pierwszy numer skupiał się na środowisku, drugi, zgodnie z przyjętą przez Kolektyw Sputnik Photos koncepcją, również będzie tematyczny – a hasło numeru to OBCY. PDF do pobrania TUTAJ / DOWNLOAD HERE Ilustracja: Edgar Bąk / Demokracja Ilustrowana
Exhbition / Lost Territories. CONTROL in Fotohof Salzburg, Austria
The Lost Territories. CONTROL (LTA 5) will investigate the different aspects of the ubiquitous and oppressive control in the post-Soviet area during USSR period and today. The exhibit will open on Thursday, 28.09, at the FOTOHOF gallery in Salzburg, Austria. Please come and join us for the opening if you are around!
Zine / STRONY
This is our new platform where we comment contemporary issues. It’s created by activists, writers, journalists and visual artists. First issue is dedicated to ecology. 500 copies of this publication is distributed for free and will be available to download online soon. The zine is accompaigned by the series of visual art works in Warsaw’s public […]
Book / NO.05
NO 5: Sputnik Photos Mentoring Programme 2015/ 2016 annual publication presenting work of 9 emerging photographers. PHOTOGRAPHERS: Kaja Rata, Marta Kiela-Czarnik, Tymon Markowski, Katarzyna Peukert, Marcin Kaczor, Barbara Duda, Grzegorz Iwacz, Arek Szymczak, Trevor Phillips, Adrian Svec, Wojtek Zwierzyński TEXT BY: Jan Brykczyński, Authors EDITOR: Jan Brykczyński, Rafal Milach DESIGN: Ania Nałęcka/ TapirBookDesign LANGUAGE OF TEXT: […]
PROGRAM MENTORSKI 2018-2019 / REKRUTACJA
Rusza rekrutacja na 7 edycje PROGRAMU MENTORSKIEGO SPUTNIK PHOTOS. W tym roku po raz pierwszy ZAPRASZAMY RÓWNIEŻ NA 2 ROK, podczas którego studenci będą pracować nad prezentacją i promocją gotowych już cykli. Szczegóły i rekrutacja na nowej stronie Programu Mentorskiego. Serdecznie zapraszamy! Więcej informacji znajdziecie tutaj – Sputnik Photos Program Mentorski 2018/2019
Exhibition / Lost Territories: The New End (LTA 4)
Sputnik Photos exhibition “Lost Territories: The New End” (LTA 4)curated by Sebastian Cichocki in Arsenał Gallery in Białystok (PL) till April 20th. More information HERE
Exhibition / Lost Territories: The New End in Arsenal Gallery, Białystok (PL) / LTA 4
The selection shown at the Arsenal Gallery has provided the basis for a narrative with an explicitly cautious, eco-political tone. The adopted futurological perspective presupposes geological time (regarding rock formation processes) and, consequently, rejects the concept of time that is measured with individual human lives. This exercise in imagination – viewing a photographic archive and […]
Book / Fruit Garden (LTA 3)
“Fruit Garden” photobook is the 3rd narrative based on Lost Territories Archive (LTA 3) It will be dedicated to oppression in post soviet region. Can this story be told through the relation between authoritarian system, humans and nature? Can this imagined experiment be successful? You can order the book now. Donation is 15 Euro + shipping […]
Exhibition / Lost Territories: SEDIMENT in Centre for Contemporary Art Ujazdowski Castle, Warsaw/PL (LTA 2)
After more than 6 years of work Sputnik Photos will finally present “Lost Territories” Project. In co-operation with curator Paweł Szypulski the first of upcoming narrations based on Lost Territories Archive will be shown in Centre for Contemporary Art Ujazdowski Castle, Warsaw/PL under the tittle: Lost Territories: SEDIMENT The exhibition opening: 21st OCT 2016 – 5 Feb 2017 More […]
Book / Lost Territories Wordbook (LTA 1) ENGLISH VERSION
The Lost Territories Wordbook (LTA 1), for which Sputnik commissioned nearly one hundred short texts from twenty-one authors (essayists and journalists, novelists and poets, political scientists and historians, artists and curators—and sometimes the journalists are poets and vice versa) charged with the express mission of drafting, oddly enough, a Soviet and post-Soviet lexicon with missing […]
Książka / Stracone Terytoria Niekompletny Spis Rzeczy, WERSJA POLSKA
——————————————– Niekompletny Spis Rzeczy + WYSYŁKA POLSKA 15 Euro + WYSYŁKA POLSKA ——————————————– Niekompletny Spis Rzeczy + WYSYŁKA EUROPA 15 Euro + WYSYŁKA EUROPA ——————————————– Niekompletny Spis Rzeczy + WYSYŁKA ŚWIAT 15 Euro + WYSYŁKA ŚWIAT ——————————————– Fotografie: Jan Brykczynski, Andrei Balco, Andrei Liankevich, Rafal Milach, Adam Panczuk, Michal Luczak, Agnieszka Rayss. Teksty: Edwin Bendyk, Andrzej Brzeziecki, Sebastian Cichocki, Jörg Colberg, Aleksandra Jarosiewicz, V.L. Kadoch Brandt, […]
Program Mentorski 2018/2019 Rekrutacja
Rusza rekrutacja na 7 edycje PROGRAMU MENTORSKIEGO SPUTNIK PHOTOS. W tym roku po raz pierwszy ZAPRASZAMY RÓWNIEŻ NA 2 ROK, podczas którego studenci będą pracować nad prezentacją i promocją gotowych już cykli. Szczegóły i rekrutacja na nowej stronie Programu Mentorskiego. Serdecznie zapraszamy! Więcej informacji znajdziecie tutaj – Sputnik Photos Program Mentorski 2018/2019
Book / NO.04
It’s here! No.04 Sputnik Photos Mentoring Program book with 9 great projects by very talented photographers! NO 4 : Sputnik Photos Mentoring Programme 2014/ 2015 annual publication presenting work of 9 emerging photographers. PHOTOGRAPHERS: Olga Świątecka, Natalia Dołgowska, Paweł Biedrzycki, Tomasz Kaczorek, Bartek Gajewski, Aleksandra Kubos, Lucyna Kolendo, Jakub Stanek, Ola Walków. TEXT BY: Michal Luczak, […]
Exhibition / Sputnik at Krakow Photomonth Festival 2016
During this year Krakow Photomonth Festival Sputnik Photos is presenting an exhibition in form of an installation. Lost Territories. Phase Zero is an attempt to capture the moment in the development of a project when everything is still fluid and possible, when new images start to form out of a cluster of overlapping meanings or interlocking and interacting […]
DOCUMENTARY PHOTOGRAPHY WORKSHOPS / BAKU
DOCUMENTARY PHOTOGRAPHY WORKSHOPS FOR EMERGING PHOTOGRAPHERS was conducted by Sputnik Photos photographers: Rafal Milach, Adam Panczuk, Agnieszka Rayss. It was held within Festival of Young Polish Documentary Photography in Baku, supported by the Polish Ministry of Culture and National Heritage. Here are some results of the workshop. Pictures made by the participants.
FESTIVAL / IS(not) exhibition in Baku.
On the 2nd of April Sputnik Photos opened in Center of Contemporary Art in Baku “IS(not)” exhibition. Our show was accompanied by a presentation of Polish photobooks.
FESTIVAL / Open air exhibition- Mentoring Programme in Baku.
During the THE FESTIVAL OF YOUNG POLISH DOCUMENTARY PHOTOGRAPHY IN BAKU Sputnik presented an open air exhibition including work of our students (Marta Berens, Łukasz Gryko, Karina Lempkowska, Bartek Warzecha) from previous Mentoring Programme.
FESTIVAL / Portfolio Review with SPUTNIK PHOTOS in Baku
PORTFOLIO REVIEW WITH SPUTNIK PHOTOS FESTIVAL OF YOUNG POLISH DOCUMENTARY PHOTOGRAPHY IN BAKU When and where? 2016, April 9th 10am-1pm Centre of Contemporary Art in Baku (Müasir İncəsənət Mərkəzi) Address: 15 Gulle St. Old City, Baku Who are the reviewers? Rafal Milax (Rafał Milach), Aqneşka Rays (Agnieszka Rayss) , Adam Pançuk (Adam Pańczuk) from Sputnik […]
FESTIVAL / Festival of Young Polish Documentary Photography in Baku
DOCUMENTARY PHOTOGRAPHY WORKSHOPS FOR EMERGING PHOTOGRAPHERS AND PHOTOJOURNALISTS IN BAKU (April 2nd -3rd 2016) Workshop will be conducted by Sputnik Photos photographers: Rafal Milach, Adam Panczuk, Agnieszka Rayss. It will be held within Festival of Young Polish Documentary Photography in Baku, supported by the Polish Ministry of Culture and National Heritage. Those wishing to participate should send a […]
Book / This Is Where the End of Cities Begins by Agnieszka Rayss
This Is Where the End of Cities Begins / Tu się zaczyna koniec miast soft cover 198 x 310 m 80 pages 34 pictures print 198 x 310 mm photos: Agnieszka Rayss text: Filip Springer design: Ania Nalecka / TBD edition: 350 copies, including 25 special edition copies publisher: Sputnik Photos ISBN: 978-83-941826-1-8 Donation is […]
Discussion / Sputnik at Warsaw Art Book Fair
See you at the Warsaw Art Book Fair over upcoming weekend . All our books will be there. During the weekend 27-29.11.2015 Sputnik will be present at the Warsaw Art Book Fair which is taking place in Museum of Modern Art. All our books will be there and we will have a Sputnik Lost Territories newspaper […]