Kacper Kowalski
Overview
Polish photographer Kacper Kowalski (b. 1977) lives and works in Gdynia. His unique photographs are aerial pictures of natural and urban environments across Poland. After studying architecture he devoted himself entirely to flying and photography; two of his passions. As a paraglider, a pilot of small aircrafts and a gyrocopter, Kowalski would fly into the air with an engine strapped to his back to discover the world of form, shape and pattern. From 150 meters above the ground level, the landscape he chose to see and capture on camera became abstracted.
He has received numerous awards, including the Sony World Photography Award for best Landscape Photography 2023 and the World Press Photo Award (2009, 2014, 2015), the Picture of the Year International POYi award (2012, 2014, 2015, 2016), and many others. His first photography book, Side Effects, was published in early 2014, and his second photo-book OVER in September 2017, Arché in 2021 and Event Horizon 2022. Rising in the frosty, cold air, Kowalski feels suspended in time and space. He describes reaching a new point of view that resulted in poetic and personal photographs, where a state of mind is communicated (beyond patterns, shapes and colours). His work feels very meditative and channels liberating themes such as perspective and interpretation.
Featured Exhibitions
KACPER KOWALSKI
Event Horizon 08, 2021
Pigment print
KACPER KOWALSKI
Event Horizon, 017, 2021
Pigment print
KACPER KOWALSKI
Event Horizon 278,2021
Pigment print
KACPER KOWALSKI
Event Horizon 072,2021
Pigment print
KACPER KOWALSKI
Event Horizon 013, 2021
Pigment print
KACPER KOWALSKI
Arché 024, 2021
Pigment print
KACPER KOWALSKI
Arché 067, 2021
Pigment print
KACPER KOWALSKI
Arché 045, 2021
Pigment print
KACPER KOWALSKI
Autumn # 29, 2015
Pigment print
KACPER KOWALSKI
Autumn # 29, 2015
Pigment print
KACPER KOWALSKI
Autumn # 01, 2010
Pigment print
KACPER KOWALSKI
Spring #4, 2011
Pigment print
KACPER KOWALSKI
Sun & Fun #07, 2010
Pigment print
KACPER KOWALSKI
Sun & Fun #02, 2009
Pigment print
KACPER KOWALSKI
OVER #23, 2016
Pigment print
KACPER KOWALSKI
OVER #25, 2016
Pigment print
KACPER KOWALSKI
OVER #27, 2016
Pigment print
KACPER KOWALSKI
OVER #34, 2016
Pigment print
KACPER KOWALSKI
OVER #43, 2016
Pigment print
KACPER KOWALSKI
OVER #45, 2016
Pigment print
KACPER KOWALSKI
OVER #64, 2016
Pigment print
KACPER KOWALSKI
OVER #73, 2016
Pigment print
KACPER KOWALSKI
OVER #06, 2016
Pigment print
KACPER KOWALSKI
OVER #21, 2016
Pigment print
KACPER KOWALSKI
OVER #24, 2016
Pigment print
KACPER KOWALSKI
OVER #69, 2016
Pigment print
KACPER KOWALSKI
OVER #15, 2016
Pigment print
KACPER KOWALSKI
OVER #14, 2016
Pigment print
KACPER KOWALSKI
OVER #31, 2016
Pigment print