TITLE: Stoicism as a Form of Survival

In the desert each breath of wind is like a mantra.
The Exclamation Man reminds us of what truly matters: strength of character, peace of mind, emotional balance, courage, humility, wisdom.
In times of chaos, in a world that is burning, only calm can save us.
Sahara, 2025.

AUTHOR: Bea Waszkiewicz (Poland)

Graduate from the photography department at the National Film School in Lodz and screenwriting at the Wajda School in Warsaw and the Krakow Screenwriting School. Member of Polish Women Photographers and Wroclaw Photography Lodge. She creates classic black&white photographs in the following categories: art, conceptual, nude, creative portrait, and travel. She sells her own works, also in limited collections that decorate public spaces and private interiors. Winner of the Gdansk Script and Script Pro competitions with the Cinemax Special Award for her debut full-length film script. Author of award-winning short stories and advertising campaigns, distinguished in photography competitions and scripts for radio commercials, episodes of a docu-drama series or a music video. She has participated in twenty-two group exhibitions in Poland and abroad, three individual ones: at the Palace of Culture and Science in Warsaw at the invitation of the "Cinema in Tramps" festival, at the Wroclaw Mleczarnia at the invitation of the International Festival Culture Connects Generations and at the Artists' Club at Jatki. She has published in the Pozytyw Magazine and three Polish Women Photographers photo albums. Awarded:
2025 Gold Winner Muse Photography Award, title: "Warsaw night", Fine Art Photography, Surreal.
2025 Silver Winner Muse Photography Award, title: "After the ball", Fine Photography, Nude.
2025 Silver Winner Muse Photography Award, title: "Cult", Minimalist Photography, Fine Art.
2025 Silver Winner Muse Photography Award, title: "Forest in fog", Minimalist Photography, Atmospheric Conditions.
2025 Semi-finalist in Pure Street Photography
2024 Honorable Mention Master of Creation, title: "After the ball"
Honorable Mention in Wozownia Gallery Poland, title: "Selfportrait".
Currently, she also portrays people commercially and out of passion.