The photographs were printed on a graphic press and previously etched on copper matrices using the heliogravure technique, which is one of the historical special techniques. The images are symbolic, so they can be interpreted in many ways. They represent degraded matter, animate and inanimate, undergoing entropy, slowly taken over by nature. The author focuses on this process and its emanations as a witness and observer. The visualization of the human fall evokes a mood of nostalgia and prompts reflection, asking the question: Shouldn't we live more in harmony with nature in order to survive? When creating and constructing subsequent "epoch-making buildings", signs of the times, should we not refer to heritage and maintain more ratio in our activities. The same applies to interpersonal communication during the development of modern media – we are slowly moving away from traditional communication in favor of modern instant messaging, which paradoxically means that we do not become closer to each other, on the contrary, there are more barriers resulting in a stronger atomization of individuals and we are emotionally overstimulated.
Andrzej Najder
Historian, photographer. A graduate of the Faculty of Philosophy and History atthe Jagiellonian University. In his activities, he combines a passion for photography with applied graphics. He designs covers and layouts, typesetting, photo editing and photo reportage. Author of many historical, geographical and nautical maps. Since 2003, he has been working with Wydawnictwo Literackie, Wydawnictwo "Góry", Pascal, WSiP, Institute of National Remembrance, for which he designed layouts and covers and prepared for printing several dozen scientific, fiction and hobby publications. Since 2014, he works at the Institute of Art and Design of the Pedagogical University, where he teaches Photo Editing and Publishing Photography as well as Bitmap Imaging. Recently, he has been developing and extending his printing and illustration studio – Art Printing House. Co-organizer of exhibitions and actions organized by the Faculty of Art of the UP: Science Festival, Facultyof Art in the City. Winner of the award Honorable mention for the series heliogravures “Laments” at the International Print Triennial in Krakow in 2021. In 2023 he received Honorable mention from the “Exhibit yourself at CSW” competition at the Center for Contemporary Art in Toruń. Author of the individual and participant of the collective exhibitions.
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