TITLE: Still life, stool and 30 seconds

While in lockdown in the UK, I took the opportunity to tidy up my home and stumbled upon a collection of dried leaves and flowers stored in my loft. This discovery sparked my creativity, leading me to initiate a project I named 'Still Life, Stool, and 30 Seconds.'

In this series, I captured various still life compositions by altering camera settings and experimenting with studio lighting, utilizing long exposure techniques. The intent behind the project was to encapsulate a distinctive and peculiar period in time—something that resonated with everyone amid the pandemic, particularly during the lockdown.

The work reflects the profound shift in the fabric of reality and life as we once knew it. The familiar elements of our daily existence transformed into an entirely unrecognizable form during these unprecedented times.

AUTHOR: Jakub Pasierkiewicz (United Kingdom)

I was born in 1980 in Poland and I graduated from the University of Silesia with a Masters in Fine Arts in 2005.
I use my camera to transfer and materialise the emotions, which develop in my mind, the excitement caused by encountered reality. Sometimes the photos can abstract from reality, showing different aspects of colours and forms, whereas other times they can simply reflect certain situations taking place in front of my camera.
Generally, my projects present an interpretation of the surrounding world and my personal experience. The main subjects of my photographs are opposites and harmony. We can witness those processes and factors everywhere: in nature or human behaviour. It takes sadness to know what happiness is, noise to value silence etc. This unity of opposites supports each other creating indissoluble connections. That's why looking on different aspects of compositions, subjects, colours, tones, textures we are able to name those contrasts and find 'the bridges' between those elements’.
Since I moved to England in 2006, I have exhibited my works mainly in Europe, India, the US and Canada, which include: The ING Discerning Eye (UK),
PABA International Photo Competition (Pakistan), NOA (UK), Hiii Photography (China), The Indian Photography Festival IPF (India), Berlin Foto Biennale (Germany), MIFA Photography Awards (Russia).