#magda kuca

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round 1 poll 164

which piece do you like better?

Untitled from the Top Model Made in Poland series by Viola Kuś, 2007

The sourdough lady from The crafters series by Magda Kuca, c. 2017

Voting ended onJan 27

Untitled from the Top Model Made in Poland series by Viola Kuś, 2007:

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The sourdough lady from The crafters series by Magda Kuca, c. 2017:

from the artist website: For The Crafters series, created in partnership with the City of Poznan(PL) and local bakery Godny we set up a community-based photographic studio, getting local makers involved by using large format photography, portraiture and conversation to explore the role and value of craft today. Using 19th century wet plate collodion technique that is a mixture of silver, light and skilled manual labour. Drawing inspiration from large format photographer August Sander this series of timeless portraits reflects on the working man.

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Magda Kuca (1993) is a Polish visual artist, photographer and educator based in London, working with historical photographic processes. www.alternativephotography.com/magda-kuca/

Magda Kuca, Polish visual artist,

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From The Grandmothers

Magda Kuca

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photography round 1 poll 7

which photo do you like better?

Familia Brassicaceae (Latin: the cabbage family) #3 by Karolina Tyrna, 2003

Slavic Bestiary: Krakowiak by Magda Kuca, 2018

Voting ended onAug 12, 2024

Familia Brassicaceae (Latin: the cabbage family) #3 by Karolina Tyrna, 2003:

submitted description: sepia hue woman standing next to table with tea pot and cabbage, the womans head is replaced by cabbage

propaganda: When I hear family even if I know the context, I think of personal connection, so I look at this and wonder, who is your family? are you mine? the sepia hues and the clothes do their part making me feel like I am looking into an old photo album. Brassicaceae, is a big family of plants, many vegetables that became stable foods come from there, so in a way I feel yes, she is my family, she gone through bad and good time with us.

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Slavic Bestiary: Krakowiak by Magda Kuca, 2018:

submitted description: the photo shows a folk costume but instead of a head of a person there are dry twigs peaking out from the shirt

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photography round 2 poll 6

which piece do you like better?

Verneille, Trinidad (the Borders|Granice project) by P.Sikora & P.Bondarczyk

Slavic Bestiary: Krakowiak by Magda Kuca, 2018

Voting ended onNov 5, 2024

Verneille, Trinidad | Silesia costume from the Borders|Granice project by Piotr Sikora and Piotr Bondarczyk, c. 2007:

submitted description: it shows a black woman in a traditional Silesian costume

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Slavic Bestiary: Krakowiak by Magda Kuca, 2018:

submitted description: the photo shows a folk costume but instead of a head of a person there are dry twigs peaking out from the shirt

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Magda Kuca

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Magda Kuca

from the series ‘The Grandmothers’

“"Grandmothers" is a wet plate collodion series inspired by ethnological investigation: in order to make portraits of my grandmother, i used objects made by myself, based on slavic rituals and customs.the use of the unusual technique strengthened the link between the artistic approach and my desire to dive into my ethnological heritage through reflection on history, memory and technology

I'm trying to make a point using today's artistic language—alongside old processes—as a way to extend the borders of the photographic medium..

Beyond portraying my grandmother, the marriage between technique and subject allowed me to engage with the question of how we, photographers, can manipulate the reception of a photograph by placing older techniques in contemporary contexts. And inversely, what old-fashioned imaging methods can tell us about the present.”