Maciej Dakowicz Explained

Maciej Dakowicz (born 20 November 1976) is a Polish street photographer, photojournalist and gallerist. He is from Białystok in North East Poland.[1] Dakowicz is best known for his series of photographs of Cardiff night-life titled Cardiff after Dark.[2] He and others set up and ran Third Floor Gallery[3] in Cardiff and he was a member of the In-Public street photography collective.[4]

Life and work

Dakowicz studied computer science in Poland (2000). He lived in Cardiff, Wales,[5] between 2004 and 2012, where he worked and studied for his PhD at the University of Glamorgan (now the University of South Wales) (2010) where he also worked. He left work at the university in 2009 and completed his PhD in 2010. In 2010 he set up and ran Third Floor Gallery along with Joni Karanka and Bartosz Nowicki. He left Cardiff for London, and since 2013 has been based in Mumbai,[6] photographing in Tunisia, Yemen, India and Bangladesh.[7]

Dakowicz is best known for his series of photographs of Cardiff night-life titled Cardiff after Dark, also the name of his later book. Photographed over four years, photographs from the series have featured in magazines and been exhibited in galleries. Individual images from the series have also been used out of context and with misleading captions by the British tabloid media to support a single narrative about alcoholic excess. This tabloid practice has been criticised; for example, Jonathan Jones wrote in The Guardian that "Humour is the most obvious thing about his pictures, and their attraction lies in the way they balance grotesque abandon with poised, coolly beautiful lighting."[8] [9] Sean O'Hagan said in The Guardian that "it is not all outrageousness and vulgarity: Dakowicz also catches the sense of camaraderie and celebration in Cardiff on a Saturday night. He has an outsider's eye for telling detail, a way of showing us, in often brilliantly dramatic fashion and with a degree of gleeful humour, what is right under our noses."

In March 2013 Dakowicz became a member of the In-Public street photography collective.

His book Sonepur Mela (2021) contains photographs taken at Sonepur Cattle Fair in India between 2010 and 2017.[10]

Publications

Books of work by Dakowicz

Books with contributions by Dakowicz

Exhibitions

Solo exhibitions

Exhibitions with others or during festivals

Awards

Notes and References

  1. News: Cardiff After Dark by Maciej Dakowicz. 30 September 2012 . 25 January 2014 . Sean . O'Hagan . .
  2. News: After Dark, Amateur Photographer, June 12, 2010. Meyer . Jeff. Amateur Photographer. 2010-06-12.
  3. News: New gallery opens in Cardiff. 2010-10-04 . London. The Guardian. Hannah. Waldram. 2010-02-15.
  4. Web site: Maciej Dakowicz joins In-Public . 10 March 2013 . 15 May 2013 . Stuart . Matt . Matt Stuart (photographer) . . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20130519032653/http://www.in-public.com/news/2013/3/maciej_dakowicz_joins_inpublic . 19 May 2013 .
  5. Web site: 5 Questions for Maciej Dakowicz. 2010-10-04.
  6. News: 10 International Street Photographers Who Change The Way We See The World. 24 September 2014 . 17 January 2016 . Priscilla . Frank . . New York .
  7. Web site: Maciej Dakowicz's street photography – in pictures. 20 October 2013 . 20 October 2013 . Jones . Corinne . The Observer .
  8. Web site: The excess is not in alcohol but in Britain's self-loathing. 2011-09-23 . 2011-12-28 . Jonathan . Jones . The Guardian .
  9. Web site: Saturday Nights on St. Mary Street. 2011-09-23 . 2011-12-24 . Kerri . MacDonald . David . Furst . The New York Times .
  10. Web site: maciejdakowicz. 2022-01-16. Book - Sonepur Mela - standard edition.
  11. The book is shown here at blurb.com where it states "There are many differences between this and the original edition. Around half of photos were changed, almost all portraits and landscapes/cityscapes are gone. Now the book contains mostly street, documentary and travel photos. All photos were toned again to ensure that all are well printed. The cover is different and the layout inside has been modified slightly. You could say it is a completely new book."
  12. The publisher's page for the book is here .
  13. The book is described here at tumblr.com.
  14. Web site: Cardiff nightlife pictures to be exhibited in Poland. 2011-04-11 . 2011-12-27 . BBC News South East Wales .
  15. Web site: Cardiff After Dark nightlife photos to go on show. 2012-10-13 . 2012-10-16 . BBC News South East Wales .
  16. Web site: Street photography now at the Third Floor Gallery . 5 October 2010 . 23 March 2016 . . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20160401214101/http://www.in-public.com/news/2010/10/3rdfloor . 1 April 2016 .
  17. Web site: Contributed Studio for the Arts . 5 April 2016 . . dead . https://archive.today/20120723184538/http://www.contributed.de/ . 23 July 2012 .
  18. Web site: 'Street photography now' – exhibition. 5 April 2016 . City of Warsaw .
  19. Web site: Street Photography Here And Now. 5 April 2016 . .
  20. Web site: Street Photography Now Takes Over Paris. 23 March 2016 . Nathalie Belayche . Food for your Eyes .
  21. Web site: Street Photography Now. 23 March 2016 . Uno Art Space .
  22. Web site: Mass Photography: Blackpool through the Camera – review. 2011-07-31 . 2011-12-27 . Sean . O'Hagan . The Guardian .
  23. Web site: Maciej Dakowicz. 24 March 2014 . White Cloth Gallery .
  24. Web site: The Sharp Eye. iN-PUBLIC in Mexico: Group Show. 10 June 2016 . Centro de la Imagen .
  25. Web site: Flash Forward, Emerging Photographers 2009. 2011-12-28 . Magenta .
  26. News: Digital Camera Photographer of the Year 2009 winners. 8 December 2009 . 26 June 2015 . . London .
  27. News: Digital Camera Photographer of the Year 2010: winners. 7 December 2010 . 26 June 2015 . . London .
  28. News: Digital Camera Photographer of the Year 2010: winners. 7 December 2010 . 26 June 2015 . . London .
  29. Web site: BZ WBK Press Foto 2010. 2011-12-28 . BZ WBK Press Foto .
  30. Web site: Wyniki 6. Wielkiego Konkursu Fotograficznego National Geographic Polska. 2011-12-28 . National Geographic Polska .
  31. Web site: BZ WBK Press Foto 2011. 2011-12-28 . BZ WBK Press Foto.
  32. Web site: BZ WBK Press Foto 2011. 2011-12-28 . BZ WBK Press Foto.
  33. Web site: Miejsce I: Maciej Dakowicz, Freelancer. 15 April 2016 . BZ WBK Press Foto .
  34. News: LensCulture. 2018-06-20. Winners—Street Photography Awards 2018. LensCulture.
  35. News: 2018-07-04. Crazy critters and strange street scenes – in pictures. The Guardian. 4 July 2018. 0261-3077. www.theguardian.com.
  36. Web site: Viva! Photo Award 2010 [sic]}}
    • 2009: Magenta Flash Forward Emerging Photographer 2009.[25]
    • 2009: Digital Camera Photographer of the Year 2009, UK, 3rd place, Highly Commended and Commended in "This is Britain" Category.[26]
    • 2010: Digital Camera Photographer of the Year 2010, UK, 2nd place in the "Documentary" category.[27]
    • 2010: Digital Camera Photographer of the Year 2010, UK, 3rd place in the "Adrenaline" category.[28]
    • 2010: BZ WBK Press Photo 2010, Poland, 3rd place in the "Civilisation" category.[29]
    • 2010: Wielki Konkurs National Geographic 2010, Poland, Honourable Mention in the "Reportage" category.[30]
    • 2011: BZ WBK Press Photo 2011, Poland, 2nd place in the "Society" category.[31]
    • 2011: BZ WBK Press Photo 2011, Poland, 3rd place in the "Nature" category.[32]
    • 2016: First prize, News category, BZ WBK Press Foto, Poland. For photographs of the aftermath of an earthquake in Nepal, 2015.[33]
    • 2018: First Place, Single Image category, LensCulture Street Photography Awards, for "Beach Scene, Chaung Tha, Myanmar"[34] [35]

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    . 2011-12-28 . Viva! Photo Awards .

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