Andrzej KRAMARZ (1841-1922)

From the Things series

2007/2015
pigment print, Hahnemühle Photo Rag Baryta paper 315 g, 50 × 62.8 cm (51 × 63.7 cm),
signed, dated and described on label on the reverse
edition: 3/15 + 2 a.p.

The photograph comes from a series of several dozen works made by the artist in the flea market at Grzegórzecka Street in Cracow. As Dariusz Czaja comments on the works, "they are not merely documentary photos, but carefully composed, arranged pictures," adding that "reality itself is the leading ‘composer’ here, with the photographer merely helping reality reveal its concealed meanings." Rather than being a collection of photographed objects, the things in the title of the series are a rich narrative about man.
Publications: Małopolska. Photographs. It Does Not Explain Anything (Małopolska Institute of Culture, 2007) - honourable mention in the 48th Competition Most Beautiful Books 2007, organised by the Polish Book Publishers’ Association; Things (Ethnographic Museum in Cracow, 2008) - selected as one of the top 100 photographic publications by the jurors of The Best Photography Book Award (attached to the work).