![]() ![]() From 2001 to 2013 he is a regular contributor to "Newsweek Poland". His works were published by, among others, Le Monde, Das Magazine, International Herald Tribune, Newsweek, L’Espresso, Days Japan, Guardian, and The Times. Winner of numerous photo contests, including World Press Photo. Co-founder of Napo Images and the Napo Foundation. Graduated from cultural studies department at the Adam Mickiewicz University in Poznan. Today only 3 thousand are left and a ghostly feeling of emptiness lingers in most of the shipyard’s sectors.įilip Ćwik was born in 1973 in Szczecin. In the 70’s and 80’s nearly 20 thousand people worked in the shipyard. Today it fights for the survival of the shipyard. ![]() ”Solidarnosc” trade union was born in the shipyards of Gdansk and fought for Poland's freedom 27 years ago. They are completely unsure of their future they leave, search for work in England, Ireland, and Norway.ĭuring the last two months over 25% of workers left the Szczecin shipyard. Shipyard workers live under immense pressure of loosing their jobs. The battle between Polish government, creditors and European Union rages on. Gdansk and Szczecin shipyards are under the threat of liquidation. Winner of some of the most prestigious photo competitions in Poland and abroad, Markowski was a winner of the International Photography Awards 2016 and Photojournalist of the Year 2016 held by Polish Association of Photojournalists.Ģ0 years after the fall of the Berlin Wall and Eastern European communism, Polish shipyard industry, the birthplace of "Solidarity", is in deep crisis. He received a grant from the Ministry of Culture and National Heritage of Poland. A year after he joined Un-Posed, a street photography collective. He participated in the Sputnik Photos Mentorship Program in 2015. As a self-taught photographer he started taking pictures in 2006 and later worked for local newspapers Express Bydgoski, Gazeta Wyborcza for 8 years. He graduated from the Higher School of Economy with a degree in sociology. Tymon Markowski was born in Kraków, lives and works in Bydgoszcz. In this unusual space “Flow” series started to take shape. The distance between these two Bydgoszczs is 106 kilometers in a straight line. The whole trip turned uncanny when he discovered another place named Bydgoszcz - a small village near the source of the river. Tymon Markowski visited places in the river’s vicinity, looking for unexpected or extraordinary pieces of reality. To get to know Brda river better, he set off on a photographic trip that lasted a year. Tymon Markowski has lived in Bydgoszcz, the city where Brda river meets the largest Polish river Wisla, since childhood. ![]()
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