„By archeology of photography I understand an action aimed at discovering, researching and commenting on events, facts or situations, that took place once, in the so-called photographic past”.
Jerzy Lewczynski
  
The Archeology of Photography Foundation is the first institution of its kind in Poland. It was founded in August 2008, in response to an actual need for protecting and bringing to light archives left behind by leading Polish photographers.
 
The Objectives of the Foundation are:
- to make the heritage left behind by photographers accessible
- to issue licenses for use of the photographs of researched authors
- to initiate art and research projects on the basis of these archives
- to digitize photographs and make them accessible via databases on-line
- to archive and preserve negatives, positives and documents
- to develop archiving standards for photographs
Currently the Foundation conducts research into the photographs and documents of Zbigniew Dlubak, one of key figures in the post-war history of photography in Poland. We are also setting out to explore the archives of Zofia Chometowska, Maria Chrzaszczowa, Janusz Bakowski and Jerzy Lewczynski.
 
 
Benefactors

Rafał Lewandowski
Anna Duńczyk
 
Management
Karolina Lewandowska – president
Karolina Puchała-Rojek – vice president

Members of the Board
Mikołaj Burchard
Armelle Dlubak
Marek Grygiel  
Lech Lechowicz 
Jerzy Lewczynski  
Dr Adam Mazur  
Stefan Okołowicz
Paweł Olewiński 

Prof. Joanna Sosnowska
 
Staff

 
 
Marta Przybyło-Ibadullajev
Julia Odnous
Maciej Turczyniak
Ola Brzozowska
Jakub Śwircz