Authors’ Marathon 2021 (Sunday)

Auditorium, Modrzewskiego 12, Bielsko-Biała
10th October 2021 (Sunday, 9:45 am – 8:00 pm)

You need TICKETS for the Authors’ Marathon. The Programme may change.

MEETINGS WITH RENOWNED PHOTOGRAPHERS FROM THE WORLD - SUNDAY (10th OCTOBER)

III PART OF THE DIAS SHOW

at 9.00 a.m.

AVANI RAI

(India)

meeting at 9.30 a.m.

about the artist

Outstanding everyday life of India, Daughter of the famous photographer – Raghu Rai, member of Magnum. Apart from photography, she also is a documentary filmmaker. At the festival, we will watch a video about her father.

Exhibition: BCK, Słowackiego 27

GREGG SEGAL

(USA)

meeting at 11.30 a.m.

about the artist

One of the most important contemporary world photographers, commenting through photography on the condition of man in the world of total consumerism.

Exhibition: SFERA I, Mostowa 5

LIVIO SENIGALIESI

(Italy)

meeting at 12.30 a.m.

about the artist

One of the most world renowned war photographers.

His work resulted in deep depression and serious health problems.

The interview is run by Roberto Muffolletto from VASA PROJECT.

Exhibition: BWA,3 Maja 11

PETER SCHREINER

(Austria)

meeting at 1.30 p.m.

about the artist

Kurator of the exhibition by Wolf Suschitzki, a classic of documentary photography. Peter is a representative of the famous Fotohof gallery.

Exhibition: WILLA SIXTA, Mickiewicza 24

DAVID TESINSKY

(Czechia)

meeting at 2.30 p.m.

about the artist

One of the world’s most significant contemporary photojournalists. His photography is characterized by the so-called Czech humor, although it also touches upon many dramatic events in its projects.

Exhibition: GALERIA SFERA, Mostowa 5

IV PART OF THE DIAS SHOW

meeting at 3.30 p.m.

PHAM HUY TRUNG

(Wietnam)

meeting at 3.45 p.m.

about the artist

A great landscape photographer, specialising in drone photography.

Exhibition: BCK, Słowackiego 27

ARKADIUSZ GOLA

(Poland)

meeting at 4.00 p.m.

about the artist

A great photographer, documentalist and photojournalist whose photos show an ironic image of contemporary Poland.

Exhibition: SFERA I, Mostowa 5

TOMEK SIKORA

(Poland)

meeting at 5.00 p.m.

about the artist

Fame of Polish contemporary photography, documentary, portraitist, fashion and celebrity photographer.

Exhibition: WILLA SIXTA (garden), Mickiewicza 24

MAGDALENA I MAKSYMILIAN RIGAMONTI

(Poland)

meeting at 6.00 p.m.

about the artists

STOS – is the title of the newest book by Magdalena and Maksymilian Rigamontich, published as part of the Września Collection.

The Rigamonti want not only to remind us of our past sins, but also to give voice to contemporary Polish women, writes Karol Szymkowiak, curator of the book “Stos” and the entire Września Collection.

Maksymilian Rigamonti, author of the winning book “Echo” in the Pictures of the Year International 2018 competition, winner of the main prize – Photo of the Year in the Grand Press Photo 2012 and Photo Book of the Year 2018 competition. Lecturer in journalism and photography at SWPS. From 2020, the ambassador of Fujifilm Poland. While working on the project, STOS used the Fuji GFX50R and Fuji Instax Wide 300 cameras.

Magdalena Rigamonti, journalist, winner of the most important Polish journalistic awards – Grand Press, Dariusz Fikus and the Mediator. She worked for Newsweek and Wprost, currently, together with Maksymilian, she is associated with Dziennik Gazeta Prawna. Member of the Press Club Polska, conducts classes on the press interview at SWPS.

Karol Szymkowiak, curator of the Września Collection, photographer, cultural animator, member of the Association of Polish Art Photographers.

Ewa Meissner, co-founder of the Napo Images agency. She cooperated as a curator and co-organizer of photo exhibitions, including with the Center for Contemporary Art, the Old Gallery of the Association of Polish Art Photographers and the Royal Castle in Warsaw, the Center of Japanese Art and Technology “Manngha” in Krakow. Photo editor of photo books.

Honza Zamojski, artist, designer and publisher of books and curator, who in his practice uses various media: from drawing, through drawing sculptures, to infographics from the corporate world or poetry. Author of over a dozen books and a series of lectures ‘How it’s made’, presented, among others at Center Pompidou, MoMA Library, and Printed Matter New York. Lecturer at the School of Form in Warsaw.

POLISH WOMEN PHOTOGRAPHERS

(Poland)

meeting at 7.00 p.m.

about the artist

Meeting with the curator – Małgorzata Wakuluk- and the artists – the representatives of the group of Polish Women Photographers, operating all over Poland and in various fields of photography, focusing on the website www.polishwomenphotographers.com.

Exhibition: STARA FABRYKA, Pl. Żwirki i Wigury 8