Pawel Opalinski 1

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. He works as a lec­tu­rer for the Euro­pean Faculty of Arts AFIBV in Warsaw, Faculty of Fine Arts and Design WSINF in Lodz and Insti­tute of Fine Arts UJK in Kielce.
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; 2015: The Best Photographic Book of the year - 3x honorable mention (cat. people, art., documentary)

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