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24 Sep, 2009

From the upper deck

Posted by: Michał In: photography|Pole poll

My occasional series Pole poll is back with a bang. Well, with a flash – as today’s ‘subject’ is a Pole, but also a very fine photographer. He’s also very private, so I’ve abandoned the usual format of five questions and five answers to concentrate more on his superb project called ‘From The Upper Deck‘. [...]

23 Feb, 2009

World Press Photo 2009 – the Polish entries

Posted by: Michał In: photography

If you’re into photography, you are probably aware of the yearly World Press Photo awards and subsequent exhibitions. The 2009 winners gallery has recently been published and I’m glad to see a few Polish photographers made it to the top 3 in a few categories. Wojciech Grzedzinski’s picture of the Georgian Conflict or Tomasz Gudzowaty’s [...]

15 Feb, 2009

Visit the world with Martyna Wojciechowska

Posted by: Michał In: links|photography

She’s 34, a well-known Polish journalist, the editor of National Geographic Poland and a seasoned traveller. Her name is Martyna Wojciechowska and she’s just started a photoblog, where she will be uploading pics from her travels. She’s also planning to upload older pictures from her ealier travels, so if you’re into challenging expeditions – from [...]

26 Nov, 2008

Violen’s Photography

Posted by: Michał In: links|photography

As you’ve probably noticed, my blog automatically displays random pictures from Flickr, tagged with the word ‘Poland’. These are not my pictures, although sometimes I wish they were. And through this small Flickr plugin I discovered the amazing photography of a Poland-based woman who calls herself Violen. Her Violen’s Photography Flickr photostream is a joy [...]

17 Nov, 2008

Not golden any more…

Posted by: Michał In: photography

… but still charming. Polish autumn as seen by me last week. MORE: → Such a sentimental lot → thePOLSKIblog on TwitpicTweet



  • Michał: Glad you like it, welcome!
  • Missy: I had been to Poland as a masters student in Warsaw ( 2006-2008), travelled all over Poland. I like it there, i am glad i found your blog. :) niec
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  • Czarny kapturek: It was a good series. While I am critical about what I see as an oversimplification of Poland (i.e. that all life in Poland is in Warsaw) it is good
  • The Londoneer: I don't imagine that they've put a camera inside Warsaw's main museum have they? There's not a lot to see - now the War Museum, that I'd like to revis

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    PosadzkaDSC00857DSC00845Widok na zamek w Janowcu nad Wisłą // View of the castle in Janowiec nad WisłąPanorama Warszawy // Panorama of WarsawPanorama skarpy wiślanej w Janowcu nad Wisłą // Panoram of Vistula's scarp in Janowiec nad WisłąZamek i fara w Kazimierzu Dolnym // Casle and parish church in Kazimierz DolnyDziedziniec domu partii // Courtyard of the former comunist party headquartersKrakow :: zima

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