In 1975, Lachowicz created Znaki Izomorficzne (Isomorphic Characters), in which the shadow of the artist, being a spectrum/double, was subject to analysis. This reminds of the photographic-film reflection of André Bazin, who analysed the photographic medium with an anthropological method, emphasising its memorable character and sacredness, though in an already incomplete form.
In the early 80s, Lachowicz presented the exhibition Energia Upadku / The Energy of Decline, which analysed the meaning of the word ‘decline’ from a very broad perspective (both philosophical and anthropological). At the end of the 80s, he used negatives from the Transplantation series and created the works Topologie (Topologies) on a photographic canvas, which belong to the category of self-quotation. He participated in the exhibitions Polish Intermedia Photography of the 80s (BWA Poznań, 1988), where, in addition to photographs, he presented videos with poetic forms. Lachowicz also took part in the Lochy Manhattanu (Manhattan Dungeons) exhibition organised the following year by Józef Robakowski in Łódź.
In 1990 and in subsequent years Lachowicz prepared exhibitions of photographs and paintings entitled Energia Luzu ( Energy of Ease). The artist re-interpreted black and white family photos using abstract painting techniques giving the cool photographs some form of life. In 1989/90 he was the curator of the Transgresje: Pogranicza Fotografii (Transgressions: Photography Borderland) exhibition with Adam Sobota (BWA, Wrocław), and in 1993 – Transgresje II (Transgressions 2, National Museum in Wrocław). These were among the most interesting artistic propositions of those years, demonstrating the transition from conceptualism to ‘staged photography’. In 2002 Lachowicz presented new works at the Wokół Dekady: Fotografia Polska lat 90-tych (Around the Decade: Polish Photography of the 90s) exhibition, including the series of still lifes entitled Wrocław 24.06.199: Poranek w Pracowni. (Wroclaw 06.24.1997: Morning in the Studio). He made a successful artistic attempt to represent the condition of our existence, similar to a state of melancholy – the struggle with disease and the vicissitudes of fate. His works are kept in the collections of the Museum of Art in Łódź and the National Museum in Wrocław.
Author: Krzysztof Jurecki, Museum of Art in Łódź, May 2004, transl. Bozhana Nikolova, April 2015