A sense of Perspective
ATLAS is delighted to present the first solo show of Polish photographer Kacper Kowalski at the Gallery. The exhibition will bring together works from some of Kowalski’s earliest series: Depth of Winter (2010), Toxic Beauty (2011), Side Effect (2011) and Over (2016), as well as works from his most recent and complentative bodies of work: Arché (2021) and Event Horizon (2022).
Kacper Kowalski (b. 1977, Poland) has been observing and photographing landscapes from an aerial perspective around Gdynia in Poland where he is from for over 25 years. After becoming and working as an architect for four years, he decided to commit to flying and photography – his true passions. As a paraglider, a pilot of small aircrafts and a gyrocopter, Kowalski flies into the air with an engine strapped to his back to discover and document the world from above.
Kowalski has spent over 5000 hours in the air, braving any and all weather conditions. When he photographs from 150m above ground level, he finds himself in an almost meditative state. The flight is for Kowalski not only a way to capture the world beneath, but it becomes a spiritual journey that reveals universal truths about the relationship between man and nature, about the past and the present, and about one’s own personal truth and the way to get there.
