Interview Marek Wykowski
Photography is an outlet for my creative forces.
Name: Marek Wykowski
Hometown: Krakow, Poland
Style of photography: Documentary
Type of camera(s): Mamiya 645Pro, Voigtländer Bessa
Website: Flickr
What gives you inspiration?
My lonesome vagabonding, when I have the time to contemplate the world around me, and after two hours or so of wandering around I start to perceive the things differently, not only on a visual level but primarily in my consciousness. My other inspiration is literature. I strive my photography to be like a poem rather than a set of nice but empty sentences.
What are your influences?
Definitely the world where I have been brought up – Eastern Europe. Among photographers that influences my work I would name those that produce series of images with a certain lyric sensibility: Clare Richardson, Adam Jeppesen, Karin Apollonia Müller, Sophie Ristelhueber, Alec Soth, Guy Tillim and Jem Southam.
Why did you choose these photos?
I do not have any work that I would consider to be complete, my mind is still wandering among different ideas that slowly start to crystallize. The photographs that I selected come from my documentary work on the Upper Silesia (region in Poland), that I intend to complete later this year.
What does photography mean to you?
This is an outlet for my creative forces that I can barely apply in my professional work in a commercial environment.
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