2nd place
silver star award
Koszowska Dominika
poland
title
The last herb pickers from Podlachia
My works have been on over a dozen post-competition exhibitions in Poland and around the world, for example: Republic of Crimea, Petersburg, Moscow, Tokyo, New York, Paris , Ateny, Porto and London.
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entry description
In Podlachia – one of the cleanest regions in Poland – for many generations locals have been gathering medicinal plants – wildly-growing herbs. They pick flowers and leaves, dig for roots and peel branches for bark. They’re often bothered by heat, pestered by mosquitoes and ticks, they need to remain in a bent position for many hours at a stretch, and then they must carry back everything they’ve gathered. Alas, there are very few real gatherers left – they’re mostly elderly people that have been harvesting herbs from the wild for several dozen years now. My goal was to save their work.about the photographer
I am currently a Phd student at the Academy of Fine Arts in Katowice. I am a graduate of the University of Informatics and the Academy of Fine Arts in Katowice in Poland. I was born in Silesia, I grew up here and I live to this day. I completed my master's degree at AFA in Photography Studio of dr hab. Piotr Muschalik. I am a laureate of many photographic competitions in Poland and in the world for example: a two-time distinction at WKF National Geographic (2016), National Geographic Traveler competition (2016, 2018), distinctions at the Mobile Photography Awards (2016, 2017, 2018), Mira Mobile Prize (2016, 2017, 2018 2019), Our World is Beautiful Cewe Awards (2017), Mobile Art From All Over The World (2018), Distinction Portrait (2018), Silver in PX3 PRIX DE LA PHOTOGRAPHIE PARIS (2018), 1 st in International Photography Awards (IPA 2018), 1 st and 2 st Moscow International Photography Awards,NATIONAL Gold Medal in JUST ONE PHOTO (2018), FIAP Blue Ribbon PhotOdlot (2018), 1 st Place Portrait Trzcianka (2018), GRAND PRIX, 1 st Place, 1 st Place, 2 nd Place Mobile Phptography Festival Yes Im Mobile.My works have been on over a dozen post-competition exhibitions in Poland and around the world, for example: Republic of Crimea, Petersburg, Moscow, Tokyo, New York, Paris , Ateny, Porto and London.
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