GRZEGORZ SAWA-BORYSLAWSKI

Ghosts of Chernobyl is an twenty-piece 30x45cm series from early 2016. First ever pinhole photographs from Chernobyl exclusion zone. Shot with selfmade 6x9 wide angle camera, hand distressed and treated with different chemicals. It's author's latest work and exhibition is currently touring galleries all over the world. First shown in Wroclaw as a part of 2016 Capital of Culture exhibitions, celebrating 30th anniversary of Chernobyl's catastrophe. Works comes from the restricted and abandoned area - main city of Pripyat and the nearby empty villages. Among most interesting places captured was the “Red Forest” that used to glow red at night because of radioactive dust that fell on it after the explosion. Also, the famous, blown Reactor 4, which is still highly radioactive even 30 years later.

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Dinosaur Jr. is an eight-piece 30x20cm series from mid 2013. Pinhole-photographed miniature dinosaurs in artists' hometown, Wroclaw were shot with original 6x9cm handmade film camera and B&W negative that was later distressed. Printed by hand on matte paper with artist's own emuslion (based on the first positive process on Earth by John Talbot). Aquarell coloured. These are unique photographs - only one print per photograph was done. First shown in November, 2013 at the OFFO - Worldwide Pinhole Photography Festival in Rybnik, Poland.

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Wroclaw is a eight-piece 30x30 series from early 2013. Zone plate photographs from artist hometown Wroclaw were shot in 2011 with original 6x6cm handmade film camera and B&W negative. Printed by hand on matte paper with artist's own emuslion (based on the first positive process on Earth by John Talbot) using water directly from Wroclaw's main river - Odra - as a base for emulsion and paper preparing.

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Paris is a seven-piece 30x45 series from early 2011. These pinhole photographs were shot in Paris (mid 2009) with 6x9cm film camera and B&W negative. The developing process included hand (negative) distressing and high-temperature treating, resulting image anomalies. First shown in 2011 during the Iserlohn Pinhole Photography Festival in Germany.

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Skin is a four-piece 30x45 series from 2010. Zone plate photographs from little handmade 35mm camera.

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