The Sports Features project comprises forty essays, creating a veritable that is in fact project is a work in progress, starting with a series made in 2000 and extending through the decade and across the world. The photographs depict a striking humanity, as if delving deep into each individual personality - whether it's a Japanese Sumo wrestler, Wuqiao acrobat in China or a daring Freerunner in New York. The compositions themselves are quite striking, as in the Synchronised Swimmers series. Some of the photographs in the show have been blown up to sizes rarely made using traditional darkroom techniques. The large-format images isolate the photograph from the narrative context, urging the viewer to consider each composition on its own. See all the photographs in the series at www.beyondthebody.com
For more information on Tomasz Gudzowaty, see: www.gudzowaty.com
Selected Individual Exhibitions
Beyond the Body, The Polish Institute, Sofia, Bulgaria
Beyond the Body, Stara Galeria ZPAF, Warsaw, Poland
Beyond the Body, BWA Rzeszów Gallery, Rzeszów, Poland
Beyond the Body, Zamek Art Center, Poznań, Poland
Beyond the Body, PGS State Art Gallery, Sopot, Poland
Beyond the Body, Ethnographic Museum, Budapest, Hungary
Sports Features, Kontrast Gallery, Stockholm, Sweden
Sports Features, GSW Contemporary Art Gallery, Opole, Poland
Sports Features, Maison de la Photographie, Lille, France
Sports Features, Lower Silesian Photography Centre "Domek Romański", Wroclaw, Poland
Editor: Agnieszka Le Nart
Source: Biographical information