Notes, are loose notes in the form of photographs from our travels in Japan, from meetings with people, memories of sounds, shapes and smells. These are changing feelings, fascinations and emotions over the nearly 30 years that have passed since our first trip to Japan. They are scattered pieces of paper, records of passing time. Temples that have lasted hundreds of years, gardens that change with the seasons, mossy stones, people who are no longer there. A record of a bygone time, a fragment of the exhibition authors' lives.
The exhibition will be on display from June 8 to 19, 2024 in the Pejotka gallery on the first floor of the Gdansk branch of the Polish-Japanese Academy of Information Technology (9/11 Drzewny St.).
You are welcome to visit the exhibition on all weekdays during the university's working hours (9:00-19:00).
AUTHORS:
Agnieszka Kmieciak, a Gdansk citizen by birth and choice, a lover of photography and the culture and traditions of Japan, which she is passionate about and has been visiting since 2005. A Polish scholar by education, a yogini by vocation. Spiritus movens of the Fuji-san Pro-Health Education Center in Gdansk.
Jacek M. Kozlowski born in Warsaw. He has been involved in photography for more than forty years.
Photography has become an important medium and means of conveying personal feelings and emotions, as well as a form of sharing them creatively with the viewers.
Since 1995 he has been on regular trips to Japan (more than 30), documented by many photos. He travels to many countries around the world and observes people, customs, nature, landscapes and architecture.
In addition to travel and street photography, he creates portraits, sensual photographs and nudes. He photographs people of culture and politics, as well as those encountered by chance on the streets in various parts of the world.
He has lived in Gdansk for several years and is a member of the Association of Polish Artists Photographers,World Photography Organization and others. He heads the Heiwa Foundation for cooperation with Japan and diplomatic practice.
Agnieszka and Jacek have presented their photographs at many solo and group exhibitions, both domestic and foreign. Their works are included in catalogs and publications.