Nowina-Konopka Wins Lens Culture
Konstancja Nowina-Konopka, with her photo series A Thousand and One Evil Deeds, won the Lens Culture Student Photography Awards competition and is ranked among their 21 New and Emerging Talents.
A Thousand and One Evil Deeds, photo: Konstancja Nowina Konopka
Konstancja Nowina-Konopka, with her photo series A Thousand and One Evil Deeds, won the Lens Culture Student Photography Awards competition and is ranked among the publication's 21 New and Emerging Talents.
The award-winning project tells the story of five boys from the Biskupice neighborhood in the town of Zabrze. The boys, in contrast to their big-city peers, have a lot more fun and freedom since they do not live in a gated community with a playground. They play ball wherever they want, trampling lawns and wandering around town. They are not particularly well-behaved and often get into trouble. The project is also a reflection of their changes in lifestyle. Nowina-Konopka says:
The childhood of these unruly protagonists somehow reminds me of my own childhood, by which I mean the childhood of today’s adults rather than today’s children. Looking at children in big cities like Kraków nowadays, I notice how much their living space has narrowed. Playtime might be safer and better organized than before, but today’s playgrounds don’t leave much room for imagination. The heroes of my project evolve in a completely different world.
A Thousand and One Evil Deeds, photo Konstancja Nowina Konopka
Lens Culture is one of the most popular Internet magazines dedicated to photography today. The competition Lens Culture Student Photography Awards aims to discover and promote new talent. Among the thousand submissions divided in seven categories, 21 laureates from every continent are chosen to receive an award celebrating their photographic talent. The winners have to demonstrate an original and interesting point of view, and their works must constitute a coherent whole.
The sole Polish winner, Konstancja Nowina-Konopka, was born in 1980 in Kraków. She graduated from the University of Economics, worked in the local government administration, and as a social worker and a district councillor. She eventually abandoned her previous occupations and took up photography. In 2012, she graduated from the Academy of Photography in Kraków. She is currently participating in the mentoring program Sputnik Photos in Warsaw and is working on another documentary project, Fur in Oberschlsien.
Source: fotopolis.pl, edited by SW
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