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Michal Cala
The Landscape around the Marcel Mine, Radlin - Industrial - Rare Vintage Print

1978

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THE LANDSCAPE AROUND THE MARCEL MINE, RADLIN, 1978 Vintage Gelatin Silver Print 47.5 x 32.5 cm Series: Silesia Signed, titled and dated on verso; Artist's stamp Using a basic 35mm Exa 500 camera, Cała managed to produce images of lyrical beauty, emphasised by a dark graphic printing style that gave the landscape an apocalyptic, otherworldly look. More print information: A little tape marks in the back corners of the print. Nr 61 noted in the middle on the back of the print. The front of the photograph in a very good condition. Hand printed by the photographer on gloss paper. A rare vintage gelatin silver print from the Silesia series. Michal Cala was born in Toruń, Poland in 1948 and studied aircraft construction in Warsaw at the University of Technology in the early 1970's. From 1974 to 1983 he worked as an engineer in various companies in Silesia, and began photographing in the area. In 1977, he moved to Tychy in Upper Silesia, where he co-founded the photographers' association KRON and become a member of the ZPAF - the Union of Polish Art Photographers. Publications on his work include The Anthology of Polish Photography 1839 - 1989, The Masters of Polish Landscape and The Polish Photography in the 20th Century. His exhibition 'Metropolis' on Silesian urban landscapes was held at the Silesian Museum in Katowice in 2013 and a solo show Silesia and Galicia in the Museum of History of Photography in 2016 in Krakow (Poland). His photo book based on the same series was recently selected in the Open Submission at Belfast and Athens Photo Festivals respectively (2017). "Resisting a straightforward depiction of the district's fast decline into an industrial wasteland, Cala was able to find poetry in the grim reality of a dark post-war world." - Anna Bonita Evans, Black+White Photography, 2017 Unframed Print - free shipping worldwide
  • Creator:
    Michal Cala (1948, Polish)
  • Creation Year:
    1978
  • Dimensions:
    Height: 18.71 in (47.5 cm)Width: 12.8 in (32.5 cm)
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  • Gallery Location:
    London, GB
  • Reference Number:
    1stDibs: LU1967210956052

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