TITLE: Anatomy of Identity

The "Anatomy of Identity" series is a photographic study on the multidimensionality of the human self. The project is rooted in the idea that we are not a monolith, but a collection of various, often overlapping versions of our own personality. The use of analog multiple exposure visualizes this internal fluidity. It is a depiction of identity as the interpenetration of different versions of ourselves.

(wetplate collodion on round glass 25.5cm)

AUTHOR: Arek Akki (Poland)

The human body plays a significant role in my photography.
I am interested in themes such as bodily discomfort, tense relationships with the environment, memory and recollection, the search for anonymity, loneliness, and alienation. I work with monochromatic analogue techniques — medium format film and wet plate collodion.

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Latest exhibitions
In 2024–2025, his collodion works were presented in solo exhibitions:
2024 – Solitude, Alienation, Imprisonment – MBWA Gallery, Leszno
2025 – Memory, Body, Relations – CAL “Na Przedmieściu” Gallery, Wrocław
2025 – Depressions – Photography Gallery, Świdnica

Latest awards
B&W International Awards 2026, Analog category – 1st Prize
IPA Awards 2025, Analog/Film, Fine Art category – 1st Prize
Monovisions Awards 2025, Nudes category – Passivity (series), 3rd Place Award
ND Awards 2024, Analog/Film category – Unwanted Memories, 3rd Place and Bronze Award
ND Awards 2023, Nudes category – Morning After, 3rd Place and Bronze Award
ND Awards 2022, Nude category – Deadnames (series), 1st Place and Gold Star Award
Monochrome Awards 2022, Nudes category – Forest Girl, 1st Prize

He graduated from the University of the Arts in Poznań, where he obtained his bachelor’s degree in 2000, specializing in pinhole photography.