Pawel Opaliński: born 23/02/1967 in Kielce/Poland. Graduated – from the Faculty of Graphics and Painting in Academy of Fine Arts in Lodz – with honors in graphic design publishing, Ph.D. Academy of Fine Arts in Lodz in 2011. Author advertising campaigns and graphic design of many publications – including dozen newspaper layouts; illustrator and photographer. Since 2008 member of Association of Polish Art Photographers (ZPAF), in 2010-2014 member of Artistic Council of Association of Polish Art Photographers in Warsaw and vice-president of Swietokrzyski District of ZPAF in Kielce. Creativity design and photographic work shares with teaching. Since 2010 he has been working as a lecturer for the Faculty of Fine Arts and Design in Lodz WSINF, Institute of Fine Arts UJK in Kielce and Europen Academy of Arts in Warsaw.
Main photographic awards:
International Photography Awards/USA:
2007: Deeper Perspective – 2 x honorable mention, 2008: Fine Art – Landscape – honorable mention, 2010: Special: Travel/Tourism – honorable mention, Deeper Perspective – honorable mention; 2014: Deeper Perspective – 2 x honorable mention
Cyberphoto/International Contest of Digital Photography/Poland:
2nd Prize 2000, Grand Prix 2007
FOTOODLOT/International Contest of Unconventional Photography/Poland:
Gold Plaque of Minister of Culture and National Heritage 2007, brown medal FIAP 2008
Sunderland/XVII International Contest of Mountain Photography/Poland: Prize of sponsor 2007; Grand Prix and Gold medal FIAP 2009, Prize of Tatra National Park 2010, Grand Prix and Gold medal FIAP 2011, Blue Ribbon FIAP 2012
XVI Biennial of Mountain Photography/Poland:
Grand Prix 2010, Special Prize of Tatra National Park 2014
Monochrome Photography Awards/UK:
The best portrait 2014 – honorable mention 2014
Photography Paris Prize PX3/France:
The best photographic book 2015 – honorable mention
Gallery
Minimal landscape
God in the fog
Profanum