Travel 1st place winner

This is how looks ordinary water follies at vacation time in Croatia shown from an unusual perspective. Croatia, which boasts a warm sea, beautiful landscapes and relatively low prices, is a popular holiday destination of Poles. It is an great alternative for cold and expensive Baltic Sea. This is a reason why many of my compatriots prefer to spend their holidays in southern Europe on the Adriatic Sea. This images are from the intersection of documentary and art photography. That blur the lines between the abstract and real. All photographs were taken during a trip with friends. I have made it using a casual underwater camera.

Paweł Piotrowski was born in 1986 in Oleśnica, Poland. He graduated with a master’s degree at the Academy of Fine Arts in Wrocław. He is a freelancer cooperating with The Regional Centre of Education in Wrocław. He leads trainings in the field of photography and graphic design. In his work he mostly focuses on long term projects about everyday life of small communities that are outside the mainstream area of interest. He is a laureate of numerous competitions, including Slovak Press Photo 2017 in the international category, winner of the Grand Prix in Viva! Photo Awards 2017 and 2016, the winner of the “Pokaż sie” (Show yourself) competition at the Opole Festival of Photography 2017, the winner of the “Złoty Talent Roku 2016” (Golden Talent of the Year 2016) of PIX.HOUSE Gallery, and the winner of the 2nd place at the Brussels Street Photography Festival 2016. Paweł Piotrowski is a co-founder of the online photogrophy program “Tam, gdzie stało Lomo”, available on YouTube. His works have been published in books, the press and on the Internet. In 2018, Paweł became a scholarship holder of the Minister of Culture and National Heritage in the field of visual arts.