SZYMON ROGINSKI

SZYMON ROGINSKI has many interesting series. The pictures up here are from different ones. Yet I am pasting here a copy of what he wrote about his Poland Synthesis series. Why? Just cause I liked what he was saying...

BEFORE SHOWING SERIES FROM POLAND, FEW WORDS ON HOW IT STARTED:
IN DETROIT, I BOUGHT MY MOST IMPORTANT CAMERA - THE MAMIYA 7.

“AND THEN WE HIT THE ROAD.”

THE AMERICAN LANDSCAPES GREATLY IMPRESSED ME – I WOULD CONSTANTLY SEE THE TRACES OF FAMOUS PHOTOGRAPHERS SUCH AS
ANSEL ADAMS OR WILLIAM EGGLESTON. HOWEVER, THROUGHOUT MY JOURNEY I FELT THAT NOWADAYS, AFTER THEY HAVE ALREADY BEEN
THERE, IT IS REALLY DIFFICULT TO PHOTOGRAPH SOMETHING NEW THERE.

WHEN I RETURNED TO POLAND I FELT REALLY TEMPTED TO CONTINUE THIS SERIES. I REALIZED THAT ALL AROUND ME THERE IS AN UNSURVEYED
AREA THAT HAD NOT BEEN PHOTOGRAPHED IN MODERN TIMES. I STARTED WORKING ON IT IN EXTREMELY HARSH CONDITIONS - AUTUMN WAS
TURNING INTO WINTER, SO POLAND WAS MONOCHROMATIC, DEPRESSING, DIRTY AND COLD.

MY EXPEDITIONS WOULD LAST UP TO A WEEK EACH. MY ASSISTANT WOULD DRIVE SO THAT I COULD LOOK THROUGH THE WINDOW
DURING THE JOURNEY. WE TRAVELLED AT NIGHT. WE WOULD GO TO SLEEP AT 8 A.M., STILL A WINTER DAWN, AND GET UP AROUND 2 P.M.
ALREADY AT DUSK.


PHOTOGRAPHING POLAND DURING THE DAY IS A VERY CHALLENGING TASK. I THINK THE ONLY TIME IT MAKES SENSE IS AT DAWN.


DAWN AFTER A SLEEPLESS NIGHT ALWAYS IMPRESSES ME.

SZYMON ROGINSKI
BORN 1975, Gdansk, Poland
Current residence: Warsaw

EDUCATION
College of Artistic Photography in Gdansk, POLAND, 1997-1999


☁ SZYMON ROGINSKI