{"id":10128,"date":"2022-10-03T14:56:20","date_gmt":"2022-10-03T12:56:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/instytutpolski.pl\/brussels\/?p=10128"},"modified":"2023-02-23T11:03:53","modified_gmt":"2023-02-23T10:03:53","slug":"wojciech-plewinski-a-must-know-photographer-3","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/instytutpolski.pl\/brussels\/en\/2022\/10\/03\/wojciech-plewinski-a-must-know-photographer-3\/","title":{"rendered":"Wojciech Plewinski &#8211; A must-know photographer"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h2 style=\"text-align: center\">The full spectrum of his work will be on display in an exhibition at <a href=\"https:\/\/villadebondt.be\/plewinski\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Villa De Bondt<\/a> in Gent from 22&nbsp;October to 22 December 2022<br><br><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<table style=\"border-collapse: collapse;width: 100%\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 50%\">\n<div id=\"attachment_9883\" style=\"width: 424px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-9883\" class=\"wp-image-9883\" src=\"https:\/\/instytutpolski.pl\/brussels\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2022\/10\/Plewinski-krowa1-300x261.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"414\" height=\"360\" srcset=\"https:\/\/instytutpolski.pl\/brussels\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2022\/10\/Plewinski-krowa1-300x261.jpg 300w, https:\/\/instytutpolski.pl\/brussels\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2022\/10\/Plewinski-krowa1.jpg 729w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 414px) 100vw, 414px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-9883\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Italy, 1957<\/p><\/div>\n<\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 50%\">\n<div id=\"attachment_9842\" style=\"width: 545px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-9842\" class=\"wp-image-9842\" src=\"https:\/\/instytutpolski.pl\/brussels\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2022\/09\/Fiakier-300x202.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"535\" height=\"360\" srcset=\"https:\/\/instytutpolski.pl\/brussels\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2022\/09\/Fiakier-300x202.jpg 300w, https:\/\/instytutpolski.pl\/brussels\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2022\/09\/Fiakier-1024x689.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/instytutpolski.pl\/brussels\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2022\/09\/Fiakier-768x517.jpg 768w, https:\/\/instytutpolski.pl\/brussels\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2022\/09\/Fiakier-1536x1034.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/instytutpolski.pl\/brussels\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2022\/09\/Fiakier-2048x1378.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 535px) 100vw, 535px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-9842\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Fiakier, 1959<\/p><\/div>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n\n\n\n<p>Wojciech Plewinski was born in 1928 in Warsaw, Poland, which was enjoying its newly regained independence following the World War I. He initially studied to become an architect, but quickly developed an interest in photography and chose to become a free-lance photographer instead. In Poland, he in time became famous for his theater photography and his portraits of women taken for the renowned magazine \u201cPrzekr\u00f3j\u201d. However, it is ultimately his free reportage that defines the great artistic quality of his work. Wojciech Plewinski admits an affinity with the French humanist photographers of the 1950s: Robert Doisneau and Edouard Boubat, and, in some respects, Henri Cartier-Bresson. His theater photography was greatly admired by such leading Polish film and theatre directors, as Andrzej Wajda, Tadeusz Kantor, Konrad Swinarski and J\u00f3zef Szajna. Plewinski was able to successfully capture the dynamics of the Polish theater, which was among the world&#8217;s best at the time. <br>Plewinski grew up in a war-scarred Poland, in a grim period in the country\u2019s history. Eventually, though, he managed to take his first trip abroad to Italy (1957). This voyage, along with a stopover in Vienna, came as a culture shock for him. His first encounter with Italy was in winter, when the country was pure and empty of tourists. This visit gave him a great boost in terms of developing his art of travel reportage photography, which resulted in his remarkable Italian series. It was also in 1957 that he shot a breathtaking reportage in a part of Poland which used to belong to Germany before the Second World War. The Western Land series has a deep human dimension, while using the ruins of old German buildings as a backdrop.<\/p>\n<table style=\"border-collapse: collapse;width: 100%\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 50%\">\n<div id=\"attachment_9862\" style=\"width: 573px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-9862\" class=\"wp-image-9862\" src=\"https:\/\/instytutpolski.pl\/brussels\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2022\/09\/Venice_1957-300x231.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"563\" height=\"433\" srcset=\"https:\/\/instytutpolski.pl\/brussels\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2022\/09\/Venice_1957-300x231.jpg 300w, https:\/\/instytutpolski.pl\/brussels\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2022\/09\/Venice_1957-1024x787.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/instytutpolski.pl\/brussels\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2022\/09\/Venice_1957-768x590.jpg 768w, https:\/\/instytutpolski.pl\/brussels\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2022\/09\/Venice_1957-1536x1180.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/instytutpolski.pl\/brussels\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2022\/09\/Venice_1957.jpg 1952w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 563px) 100vw, 563px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-9862\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Venice, 1957<\/p><\/div>\n<\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 50%\">\n<div id=\"attachment_9915\" style=\"width: 342px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-9915\" class=\"wp-image-9915\" src=\"https:\/\/instytutpolski.pl\/brussels\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2022\/10\/Nysa-230x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"332\" height=\"433\" srcset=\"https:\/\/instytutpolski.pl\/brussels\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2022\/10\/Nysa-230x300.jpg 230w, https:\/\/instytutpolski.pl\/brussels\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2022\/10\/Nysa.jpg 677w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 332px) 100vw, 332px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-9915\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Wester Land Nysa, 1957<\/p><\/div>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n\n\n\n<p>Plewinski\u2019s love and knowledge of the human body is great, as well, and his female nudes are subtle. His perceptions are insightful when portraying a range of subjects: a farmer accompanied by a cow which appears to be dancing lightly, or a throng of people getting out of the Paris subway like a mimo-drama frozen in time, where every expression on each person\u2019s face has a meaning. A woman crossing a bridge in Venice, or a woman headed for a church in Nysa&#8230;. Infinite movability to be enjoyed. <br>Almost completely devoid of irony, his work is endowed with careful observation combined with a highly alert and sensitive eye. Over the years, his imagery became sharper and Plewinski began distilling abstract compositions from all manner of landscapes. Some of the beautiful examples of his work include shots of steel mills, snow landscapes, wooden logs in water\u2026. <br>In the world of photography he is sometimes called the &#8222;polyglot of photographers\u201d on account of his versatility. He unquestionably takes a prominent place among the most important representatives of the post-war generation of photographers.<\/p>\n<table style=\"border-collapse: collapse;width: 100%\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 33.3333%\">\n<div id=\"attachment_9913\" style=\"width: 219px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-9913\" class=\"wp-image-9913 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/instytutpolski.pl\/brussels\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2022\/10\/Venice-1957-209x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"209\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/instytutpolski.pl\/brussels\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2022\/10\/Venice-1957-209x300.jpg 209w, https:\/\/instytutpolski.pl\/brussels\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2022\/10\/Venice-1957-712x1024.jpg 712w, https:\/\/instytutpolski.pl\/brussels\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2022\/10\/Venice-1957-768x1105.jpg 768w, https:\/\/instytutpolski.pl\/brussels\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2022\/10\/Venice-1957.jpg 1043w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 209px) 100vw, 209px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-9913\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Venice, 1957<\/p><\/div>\n<\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 33.3333%\">\n<div id=\"attachment_9843\" style=\"width: 463px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-9843\" class=\"wp-image-9843\" src=\"https:\/\/instytutpolski.pl\/brussels\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2022\/09\/France-Paris-1962_08-300x199.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"453\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/instytutpolski.pl\/brussels\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2022\/09\/France-Paris-1962_08-300x199.jpg 300w, https:\/\/instytutpolski.pl\/brussels\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2022\/09\/France-Paris-1962_08-1024x679.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/instytutpolski.pl\/brussels\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2022\/09\/France-Paris-1962_08-768x509.jpg 768w, https:\/\/instytutpolski.pl\/brussels\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2022\/09\/France-Paris-1962_08-1536x1018.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/instytutpolski.pl\/brussels\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2022\/09\/France-Paris-1962_08-2048x1357.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 453px) 100vw, 453px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-9843\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Paris, 1967<\/p><\/div>\n<\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 33.3333%\">\n<div id=\"attachment_9834\" style=\"width: 289px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-9834\" class=\"wp-image-9834 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/instytutpolski.pl\/brussels\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2022\/09\/Kantor-03-279x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"279\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/instytutpolski.pl\/brussels\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2022\/09\/Kantor-03-279x300.jpg 279w, https:\/\/instytutpolski.pl\/brussels\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2022\/09\/Kantor-03-953x1024.jpg 953w, https:\/\/instytutpolski.pl\/brussels\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2022\/09\/Kantor-03-768x826.jpg 768w, https:\/\/instytutpolski.pl\/brussels\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2022\/09\/Kantor-03-1429x1536.jpg 1429w, https:\/\/instytutpolski.pl\/brussels\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2022\/09\/Kantor-03-1905x2048.jpg 1905w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 279px) 100vw, 279px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-9834\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Tadeusz Kantor, 1967<\/p><\/div>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n\n\n\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><strong>&#x1f4cd;<\/strong><br \/><strong>Villa De Bondt<\/strong><br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/maps\/place\/Vandekerckhove+%2F+Willem\/@51.0297314,3.7168262,17z\/data=!3m1!4b1!4m5!3m4!1s0x47c373e4385039a7:0x122083c2938c45ac!8m2!3d51.0296758!4d3.7191764\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Krijgslaan 124, 9000 Gent<\/a><br \/><br \/><strong>\u00a0 22 October &#8211; 22 December 2022<\/strong><br \/>Open from Wednesday to Sunday from 2p.m. to 6 p.m.<br \/>To visit make an appointment at <a href=\"mailto:info@villadebondt.be\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">info@villadebondt.be<\/a><br \/><br \/>The selection was made in Cracow, Poland, by <strong>Wojciech Plewinski<\/strong> himself, his son Maciej and <strong>Wim Vandekerckhove<\/strong> with thanks to <strong>Wojciech Nowicki<\/strong><br \/><br \/><strong><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/encrypted-tbn0.gstatic.com\/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcTMxfihKlrQ9IzT0awGFxiK8GuvveSsPiWMKWd9ZRmR1A&amp;s\" alt=\"Przekr\u00f3j Magazine\" width=\"131\" height=\"131\" \/><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The full spectrum of his work will be on display in an exhibition at Villa De Bondt in Gent from 22&nbsp;October to 22 December 2022 Wojciech Plewinski was born in 1928 in Warsaw, Poland, which was enjoying its newly regained independence following the World War I. 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He initially studied to become an architect, but quickly developed an interest in photography and chose to become a free-lance photographer instead. In Poland, he in time became famous for his theater photography and his portraits of women taken for the renowned magazine \u201cPrzekr\u00f3j\u201d. However, it is ultimately his free reportage that defines the great artistic quality of his work. Wojciech Plewinski admits an affinity with the French humanist photographers of the 1950s: Robert Doisneau and Edouard Boubat, and, in some respects, Henri Cartier-Bresson. His theater photography was greatly admired by such leading Polish film and theatre directors, as Andrzej Wajda, Tadeusz Kantor, Konrad Swinarski and J\u00f3zef Szajna. Plewinski was able to successfully capture the dynamics of the Polish theater, which was among the world's best at the time. Plewinski grew up in a war-scarred Poland, in a grim period in the country\u2019s history. 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