Photographer's Profile

Iwona Germanek

Poland

A visual artist specialisingwith creative photography, portrait and broadly understood photographic experimentation. Her large project entitled Threads of unremebrance, consisting of several series, was shown at the „ Znaki Czasu” Centre for Contemporary Art in Toruń in 2021. Since then, she has continued to explore the field of memory, usingfor visual archival materials: not just photographs series photos, and entire albums, which - of no use to anyone anymore are sold at flea markets. Trought symbolic adoption she attemps to restore memory and dignity to them. In his works, he uses not only photography, but also collage and photomontage. He also employs historical photographic techniques. He uses wax, Japanese paper and other materials to create objects – assemblages. Her activites continue to involve the theme of family, clearly present in the Pink doesn’t exist .Student of Institute of Creative Photography in Opava. Member of the Association of Polish Art Photographers in the Silesian Division. Author of two art books: Zielnik [Herbarium] from 2021 and Różowy nie istnieje [Pink doesn’t exist] from 2023. Her works can be found in the collection of the Silesian Museum in Katowice and in private collections.