Beata Długosz

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Lives and works in Kraków, Poland. She is a member of the Association of Polish Art Photographers. She teaches photography at the Faculty of Art at the University KEN in Krakow. She obtained her PhD in Photography at the Film School in Łódź (PWSTiTV). In 2005 she was awarded a fellowship by the Mayor of the City of Krakow for her achievements in photography. Her works are part of the collection of Kraków’s Museum of Photography (MUFO) and the MOCAK Library collection. In 2014-15, she worked as the coordinator of the Main Program of the Krakow Photomonth Festival (MFK). Her work centres on phenomena such as the passing of time and the passage of time, resulting from both natural processes and human impact. The author's personal experience of the current reality shaped by politics, economics and ecology is important, through which she tells about the condition of the world and man. She works, mainly in traditional black-and-white photography techniques, makes experiments in camera-less photography, as well as site-speccific art installations.

Spitsbergen, Arctic, 2024

In the summer of 2024, I visited the Polish Polar Station of Adam Mickiewicz University in Poznań, in the Petuniabukta region on Spitsbergen, together with Maria Wasilewska. We spent 11 intensive days there, which gave us a personal perspective on climate change. Together with the scientists of the station, we reached inaccessible places, where we took part in field research, which allowed us to better understand what we saw. Strong impressions and views of the disappearing world of glaciers and permafrost remained...

Latem 2024 roku odwiedziłam wraz z Marią Wasilewską polską Stację Polarną Uniwersytetu Adama Mickiewicza w Poznaniu w rejonie Petuniabukta na Spitsbergenie. Spędziłyśmy tam 11 intensywnych dni, które dały nam osobistą perspektywę na zmiany klimatu. Wraz z naukowcami stacji dotarłyśmy do niedostępnych miejsc, gdzie brałyśmy udział w badaniach terenowych, które pozwoliły nam lepiej rozumieć to, co widziałyśmy. Pozostały silne wrażenia i widoki ginącego świata lodowców i wiecznej zmarzliny...













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