As part of the FotoRejestr program, the Foundation has begun work on the archive of a well known photographer of nudes, Wladyslaw Pawelec. Among the first scanned negatives are a number of portraits of Anna Dymna. A recent issue of “Exklusiv” magazine also presents extensive material about the photographer by Karolina Sulej. Exklusiv
more photographs>>>

Imprints 1969-1970. 15th July, 7 p.m. Asymmetry Gallery.
Imprints is a unique series of photographs, taken towards the end of the 1960s, devoted to male body. The set was first presented in 1971 in Elzbieta Tejchman’s solo exhibition at Wspolczesna Gallery, it then featured in the now celebrated presentation Photographers-Explorers (Fotografowie poszukujacy), while three shots from the series were published in “Fotografia” monthly. This work remains fairly unknown, much like the rest of the oeuvre of Tejchman, who now lives abroad,, practically unmentioned in existing reviews of the history of Polish photography.
more photographs>>>
 

 Elzbieta Tejchman has generously donated pre-war magazines and books about photography from her collection to the Foundation’s collection. The gifted items include periodicals such as "Fotograf Warszawski", "Fotograf Polski", "Foto", "Przeglad Fotograficzny", and "Wiadomości Fotograficzne", as well as books such as Jan Bulhak’s Estetyka Swiatla. A complete list of titles and issues will be soon available on our web page.

Another installment of Zofia Chometowska’s archive has arrived from Argentina, containing thousands of negatives from before and after the war, numerous prints, as well as contact sheets, made by the artist. The set includes photographs commissioned by the Ministry of Communication, exhibition shots of the Warsaw Accusses! show, images of Warsaw in ruins, and landscapes of the Polesie region. Transportation of the archive was made possible with the financial help from the Funduszu Wymiany Kulturalnej, while work on the archive has begun owing to a grant from the Ministry of Culture and National Heritage.

 Archeology of Photography at the Science Picnic held by the Copernicus Science Centre and Polish Radio, June 12th, from 11.00 a.m. to 8 p.m. Tent 140 in collaboration with the Warsaw Uprising Museum

AP Foundation at the Fotopolis fair, 11-13 June
Urban game "Dlubak’s Mokotow", June 13th, 10.00 a.m. to 2 p.m. 14.00, with prizes!
Last days of the exhibition of Zbigniew Dlubak’s works "Inside" in Pulawska 24a

 
‘Inside’ is a site-specific exhibition, taking place from 5th until 13th June, in the former studio of Zbigniew Dlubak in Pulawska 24a. The exhibition features photographs from the ‘Existences’ series – intimate, minimalist views of objects that constituted the setting of the artist’s everyday life. Most of them were actually taken in the mid-1950s, at the artist’s apartment-cum-studio in Warsaw’s Mokotow district. Owing to the consent of the condominium, the space will be open to visitors for a week.
 

 
The exhibition of works by Krzysztof Vorbrodt (1929-2001) entitled Symmetriads – Repetition, co-organized by the Foundation, will open on Thursday, 27th of May, 7.00 p.m., at the Asymmetry Gallery. Symmetriads – Repetition is the first individual presentation of Krzysztof Vorbrodt’s works in Warsaw. Had it not been for the Anthology of Polish Photography by Jerzy Lewczynski, Vorbrodt would have remained a completely obscure artist. The output of this photographer, associated with the circle of Photographers’ Association in Gliwice, was discovered and preserved because the effort and help of Jerzy Lewczynski.

On Saturday, 8th of May, on Chmielna 2, the Foundation opened an information point which, for a couple of hours, offered advice on the topic of storing and preserving photographic collections. We shared our experience, presented well proven methods and materials, and recommended interesting books. A number of our guests decided to reveal the treasures of their family collections, among these was an album of formal portraits from the late 19th century in the rare ‘Victoria’ format, as well as photographs from women’s marches in 1916, and Warsaw’s Dana Choir founded in 1928.

The Archeology of Photography Foundation has launched a pioneering project in Poland aimed at popularizing the idea of archiving photographic collections as well as locating and promoting interesting private and institutional collections. The program was launched in March 2010 and is planned to continue until October 2011.