Wojciech PRAŻMOWSKI (ur. 1949, Częstochowa)

Tara II from the Photographs for Matsuda series (Cordoba)

1990/2009
gelatin silver print, partly sepia-toned,
51.8 x 42.3 cm (58 x 48.5 cm),
signed, dated and described on the reverse

This work comes from the only session of fashion photography in which Prażmowski has participated in his career. The artist made a series of photographs on a commission of Mitsuhiro Matsuda, a Japanese fashion designer, for his 1991 Spring-Summer collection. Tara (Tarra), an Abyssinian princess portrayed here by Prażmowski, was a top model at the time. Most of the photographs were taken in Seville, Spain and were later processed by the artist himself and printed in Matsuda`s catalogue, which was not only a professional guidebook to the collection but also a refined art publication.
Exhibitions, including: Tarra, Miejska Gallery - Pasaż Tertila, Tarnów (2009); Wojciech Prażmowski. Tarra, BWA Sokół, Nowy Sącz (2010).
Publication: Jaśnienie, D. Bugalski, W. Prażmowski (Ed. AURIGA, BWA Galeria Miejska w Tarnowie and Mościce Art Centre, 2009).