Janusz BUCZKOWSKI (ur. 1932)

Old Forest

1965
gelatin silver print, 28 × 36.8 cm,
three signatures and dated on the front, signed, dated, titled, list of exhibitions, publications, awards, edition, artist’s stamp and label reading "VIGEX, Geelong, Victoria, Australia / Salon 1984" on the reverse
edition: 4/10
vintage

As Buczkowski says, "photography combines realism and sorcery." Consequently, his landscapes feature an element of magic, which makes the photographs go beyond pure documentation and become a powerful means of expression.
Award: 3rd prize at the International ORWO Exhibition, Berlin (1965).
Publications: Janusz Buczkowski. Art Photography (PANZET, 2008), Photography - Art of the Kielce Land (Kieleckie Centrum Kultury, 1997).
Major exhibitions: VIGEX Salon, Geelong, Victoria, Australia (1984); 2nd Polish Landscape Biennial, Kielce (1975); Fir Forest, Sofia, Bulgaria (1977); Końskie (1978); Budapest, Hungary (1978).
Other prints of this photograph are owned by the National Museum in Kielce, and the Forestry Museum in Gołuchów.