Mimo-grafia

Zaokienne migawki zimowe

2012-01-17T11:11:00.000+01:00

Zrobiło się wreszcie zimowo, biało. Cała nasz 3 lubi taką aurę. Oczywiście najlepiej podziwiać ją z bliska, wszystkimi zmysłami, czuć zimno na policzkach, ale nie zawsze się tak da. Dziś tylko kilka migawek zza okna.

Oczami Oli

2012-01-14T10:10:00.002+01:00

Kolaże według Oli (lat 6). Rośnie nam artystka.

4 pory roku

Zwierzęta. Muszę dopisać, bo artystka się upomniała, że królik ma swoją norkę w górce :)

Niebiańsko

2012-01-13T14:14:00.001+01:00

Lubicie patrzeć na niebo, chmury? Ja tak. Lubię ten bezkres, przestrzeń, nieustannie zmieniające się obrazy. Może to matka przytulająca dziecko? może twarz człowieka.....może......
Dzisiejsze niebo dostarczyło mi odrobiny zadumy.

Zima?

2012-01-12T14:44:00.000+01:00

W oczekiwaniu na zimę

2012-01-07T20:20:00.002+01:00

Minął rok 2011...

2012-01-05T20:20:00.001+01:00

4 pory roku w naszym obiektywie.

2012

2012-01-04T18:18:00.001+01:00

Witamy ponownie.

Po przerwie, w nowym roku, w nowym wyglądzie. Sylwestrowo i karnawałowo.

Exhibitions: Andrzej Marczuk and Marcin Górski

2011-05-20T22:55:00.002+02:00

Two exhibitions opened in Gliwice today - photographs of Andrzej Marczuk and Marcin Górski.

Andrzej Marczuk - Dwa miasta (Two cities)

Marcin Górski - Fados

Marcin's blog should be interesting for all enthusiasts of traditional, 6x6 b/w photos

Zalew Sulejowski

2011-05-13T22:36:00.001+02:00

Tulips

2011-05-07T23:33:00.001+02:00

Constitution Day

2011-05-03T15:15:00.011+02:00

3rd of May - anniversary of 1791 Constitution proclamation. In May it's usually long after the winter...

Molo

2011-04-17T21:21:00.001+02:00

Solar eclipse...

2011-01-04T21:21:00.002+01:00

OK, partial one...

Our photoexperiments:

Canon S90, through dimmed glass (bigger white spot is a reflection, not sun)

Canon S90, through welding protective goggles

Nikon D80, 200 mm f/25, 1/3200 s, ND8 + Polar

Our 5-years-old Happiness

2010-12-30T23:23:00.001+01:00

Merry Christmas!

2010-12-25T02:55:00.000+01:00

Città di Genova

2010-11-23T22:22:00.001+01:00

Some photos from Genova

Mediterraneo

2010-11-18T21:21:00.001+01:00

In the air...

2010-11-15T22:22:00.002+01:00

Varsovia-Rome-Genova: su e giù (back and forth)

Photos from Genova - soon...

Horse ride

2010-10-26T20:20:00.001+02:00

Hippotherapy session of our friend Ewelina.

Ewelina to osoba pełna marzeń, bardzo aktywna mimo swoich ograniczeń. Mogliśmy spełnić jedno z jej marzeń - "końską" sesję fotograficzną. Czasem niewiele trzeba żeby komuś pomóc...

Zapraszamy do zaglądania na stronę rehabilitacyjną Eweliny i na pełnego pogody ducha bloga Gulivera

Petersburg - Tsarskoye Selo.

2010-10-21T22:44:00.002+02:00

Snapshots from Tsarskoye Selo, summer palace of Tsarina Ekaterina I (Empress Catherine I). Tsarskoye Selo is now part of town Pushkin, ca. 25 km from Petersburg.

More photos here

Petersburg

2010-10-21T22:22:00.001+02:00

Former capital of Russia - a few weeks ago, on occasion of another conference...

Pivovar Plzen Urquell

2010-10-07T22:22:00.002+02:00

On the occasion of business trip, dedicated to an entirely different purpose...

Brewery "Pilsner Urquell" in Plzen, Czech Republic

Bugs

2010-09-08T22:00:00.000+02:00

Sewage plant and Museum of Sanitary Technology

2010-07-21T23:14:00.000+02:00

We all need clean water, especially during today's heatwave...

Holy Mary, Mother of Church

2010-06-19T23:55:00.000+02:00

Church of this name in Gliwice-Sikornik with modern, interesting architecture

Zinc-factory, or short story of steel plates

2010-06-16T23:00:00.006+02:00

Squares

2010-06-05T23:14:00.000+02:00

Agfa Isolette - beautiful ca. 50 y.o. camera for 120 film (but with rather poor lens). First try with positive film, lightmeter in the other hand and scanner afterwards.

And at the end: taking photo with Isolette

Legnica

2010-05-31T22:48:00.001+02:00

During our short visit in Legnica we had an opportunity to take some photos of this interesting town.

High water in Gliwice

2010-05-18T22:27:00.001+02:00

Kłodnica river floods in our town. The situation is serious due to unceasing rain.

More photos here

Nikisz

2010-05-03T13:00:00.003+02:00

Nikiszowiec - probably the most famous of silesian workers settlements, placed in Katowice.

Sorrowful song...

2010-04-11T12:00:00.000+02:00

Happy Easter!

2010-04-04T01:48:00.000+02:00

Spring!

2010-03-30T23:06:00.001+02:00

This time indeed...

Andrzej Georgiew - portraitist

2010-03-25T22:46:00.001+01:00

Meeting with Andrzej Georgiew (on 1st photo in the right) - independent photographer, mainly portraitist, took place in Rondo Sztuki today.

Spring?

2010-03-23T19:13:00.000+01:00

Today 6.00 a.m.

Beskidy in b/w

2010-03-17T22:43:00.000+01:00

SCC

2010-03-13T23:00:00.001+01:00

36. An exhibition.

2010-03-11T23:01:00.001+01:00

Photos of the 36 Silesian students and graduates of the Institute of Creative Photography, Silesian University in Opava - an exhibition in Rondo Sztuki, Katowice.

Women's Day

2010-03-08T22:25:00.000+01:00

4 years young women also celebrate it.

"Skoczne"

2010-03-05T23:32:00.001+01:00

"Skoczne" - "Lively women" - exhibition in MpiK gallery by four female artists: Aleksandra Kwolek, Jolanta Zygmunt-Więzik, Aleksandra Grabara and Anna Lebiocka

Photographic evening - Lewczyński, Pepe, Krassowski

2010-02-27T23:59:00.049+01:00

Two major photographic events took place in Gliwice today.

Opening of Dita Pepe and Jerzy Lewczyński exhibition, together with meeting with authors, in Czytelnia Sztuki:

And meeting with press photographer, World Press Photo prize winner and jury member, collaborator of international agencies, Witold Krassowski. Display of his work was organized by blackbook.pl and took place in na2p gallery. Witold Krassowski recently issued a book - After Images of Poland.

There was also opening of another exhibition - Magdalena Tarach in Cynamon Cafe. We were not able to be also there...

Costume ball

2010-02-21T20:20:00.001+01:00

Few days ago, on the last day of carnival in we had a ball in the kindergarten.

Hades?

2010-02-19T20:20:00.003+01:00

The photography exhibition by Tomasz Tomaszewski named "Hades?" presents The Upper Silesia as colorful and magic place.
The exhibition is presented in Piętro Wyżej Gallery in Upper Silesian Centre of Culture in Katowice.

Photographer

Rudolf Wróbel, retired miner, and photo of him

Erwin Sówka, miner and painter, and photo of him

More photos

Performance

2010-02-15T22:43:00.000+01:00

Valentine's Day with Jewish show.

Winter

2010-02-11T19:15:00.001+01:00

Henryk Tkocz. Photography.

2010-02-01T20:20:00.002+01:00

"Henryk Tkocz - Photography. It's already 30 years"

www.tkocz.netgaleria.eu

Winter postcard

2010-01-19T19:33:00.000+01:00

Happy New Year!

2009-12-31T20:01:00.000+01:00

Merry Christmas Everyone

2009-12-23T22:44:00.000+01:00

Riddle

2009-12-14T18:47:00.000+01:00

Photo taken at Mrs's work.
Try to guess what it is...

Answer soon

Cemetery

2009-12-05T23:23:00.001+01:00

Old protestant graveyard in Borsigwerk (Bozywerek).

Our new friend-Maja

2009-12-03T19:30:00.000+01:00

Sunset in Biskupice

2009-12-01T22:11:00.000+01:00

Biskupice is a district of Zabrze, industrial town neighbouring to Gliwice. Photos below were taken on our way back from Bozywerek.

Windows at Borsigwerk

2009-11-23T22:36:00.000+01:00

Ola & Ola

2009-11-22T18:49:00.000+01:00

Rzeszów

2009-11-15T00:01:00.003+01:00

Short visit in beautiful town in east-southern Poland. As usual in last days, it was rather wet...

November rain.......

2009-11-12T09:26:00.001+01:00

Greetings for all fans of Guns'n'Roses.

Independence Day

2009-11-11T16:44:00.001+01:00

November 11th was very rainy this year...

All Saints Day

2009-11-01T19:07:00.003+01:00

Sun

2009-10-31T00:16:00.004+01:00

Another day, another weather - sun, and only remains of fog. All the trip was very fine time.

Look at Hawrań (2152 m) from Gubałówka

Gubałówka

Krzeptówki

Changing weather and the girl

2009-10-28T22:29:00.005+01:00

Zakopane - rain. Ola on "1-day trip" - in fact we were 2 days there

The way onto Nosal (1206 m) - fog

Gubałówka (1126 m) - snow and sun

Forest

2009-10-28T22:08:00.003+01:00

Dog in the fog

2009-10-27T23:32:00.005+01:00

A rock, in fact. But in the fog one can never be sure...

Fog

2009-10-27T23:31:00.004+01:00

Foggy day in Tatra mountains...

2009-10-07T21:53:00.003+02:00

Autumn moments

2009-10-07T21:45:00.001+02:00

Princesa

2009-09-30T19:53:00.000+02:00

Ola

2009-09-23T21:55:00.004+02:00

End of summer

2009-09-21T21:43:00.004+02:00

2009-09-20T22:39:00.003+02:00

Welcome after a break caused by our personal affairs. Today, What The Duck summarises our holidays ;-)
We recommend the WTD comic series to all photo makers.

Wersja polska / Polish translation (z portalu fotopolis.pl)

Basia

2009-09-04T00:00:00.002+02:00

Ola's cousin in the palace park in Krokowa.

Balticscapes III - sunsets, or a little bit of kitsch

2009-09-02T23:33:00.006+02:00

Taken from a ship:

At the beach:

In the port:

Farewell!

2009-09-01T13:32:00.003+02:00

Yesterday was last night of tramway communication in Gliwice, after 115 years of continuous service. For city authorithy money are more important than sentiment. Good bye, old good tram ...

On the photo - one of last courses of line "1", about midnight.

Beach bar, 7:36pm

2009-08-31T23:32:00.006+02:00

Sometimes I can see square image, though looking through rectangular viewfinder...

Silesian view

2009-08-26T23:15:00.004+02:00

View at Silesia Steelworks in Rybnik, inspired by litography from XIX century, presenting first foundry in these place (more works of Rieden and Knippel here).

The photo awarded a distinction at Gliwice City Museum contest "Silesian Views of Knippel and Rieden today". We are proud...

Balticscapes II - Władysławowo harbour

2009-08-23T01:00:00.001+02:00

Night and day, from below and from above.

Balticscapes I, or tribute to Hiroshi Sugimoto

2009-08-21T22:53:00.005+02:00

Finally we are - after spate of work and then - awaited holiday. As we were more or less here, you can expect some photos from Baltic Sea coast and surroundings. At the beginning - minimalistic view at Baltic Sea inspired by Hiroshi Sugimoto series "Seascapes"

No line on the horizon (yes, you are right - on the cover of U2 album you can see Sugimoto work)

Countryside continued

2009-07-22T22:49:00.002+02:00

Stork, clouds, ducks and the rest...

Countryside

2009-07-22T00:18:00.004+02:00

Short visit in Pławniowice - a village near Gliwice. Weather was changeable...

Rain, rain go away...

2009-07-21T00:52:00.006+02:00

...little Ola wants to play!
Rain, rain, go to Spain,
never show your face again!

text based on Nursery Rhymes

"Jadwiga" Cokery

2009-07-13T23:26:00.015+02:00

Heritage of August Borsig is alive not only at workers estate. "Jadwiga" Cokery, founded by A. Borsig as last of his great investmets in Zabrze is still producing coke. More history here (in english and in polish), our photos below.

Forms of life

2009-07-11T00:50:00.000+02:00

Bozywerek is a living place. Nowadays it's rather cheap district - more than a hundred years ago "familoki" - the workers houses had quite a high standard, but very little changed from these times. I decided to add some info in english (see below the photos).

Settlement Borsig (Germany: Siedlung Borsigwerk, Silesian: Bozywerek) - workers' housing estate for employees of mining-metallurgical works, belonging to the German manufacturer, August Borsig was built in the years 1863 - 1871 to the south of the nearby coal mine "Hedwigswünsch" ( "Hedwig Wish"), "Ludwigsglück" ("Luck of Louis") and launched in 1863 years steelworks. It is currently a part of today's district of Zabrze - Biskupice.

At the same time as houses similar to each other and farm buildings, also a school, houses for teachers, park, gym as well as evangelical chapel and cemetery were built. In later years there have been built two kindergartens.

At those times standard of flats was very high. They numbered an average of 55 square meters, have kitchen facilities and even up to 3 chambers, outside the apartment - on the stairwell were WC and access to running water. The buildings of the estate consisted of over 50 two-storey houses, traditionally made from red bricks "familoki". The shape of the estate appointed by the geometric arrangement of buildings and streets designed to be symmetrical and balanced.

The northern part of the estate, of a better standard and a different form, was intended for senior staff.

Currently, Borsigwerk is one of the most unique of the patronage settlements (build by plant or mine owner for its workers) on Upper Silesia, however less known than Nikiszowiec and Giszowiec settlements in Katowice.

Source: Wikipedia (in Polish). Sorry for awkward translation

Familok - by offspring

2009-07-10T10:23:00.005+02:00

Ola as usually made single photo. Quite good for 3.5yo, isn't it? (Ok, she also wanted to shoot ladybird with mummy's help, but after that she made the flowers completely unaided and instantly run away)

Bozywerek revisited

2009-07-10T09:59:00.004+02:00

Another visit and B&W look at Borsig settlement (some more info in Polish)

Old cemetery:

Inside the "familok" (red brick house for worker's families):

Doors:

Cemetery again:

Cracow - another view

2009-07-05T22:53:00.003+02:00

Cracow - Sukiennice

2009-07-05T00:09:00.004+02:00

Sukiennice (Cloth house) is a trading house in the middle of Cracow Market Square. There are still merchants inside.

Cracow is waiting...

2009-07-03T22:28:00.006+02:00

..for tourists.

1st of July we were on short visit in Cracow - one of oldest and biggest cities of Poland, former capital and residence of kings, and currently popular tourist location. At the beginning of holidays all is prepared for tourists invasion - hackney carriages on the famous Old-town Market Square...

... and town-seeing tour vehicles...

However, lots of guests are already here - some of them have uncommon look.

Celebrities are also in place (Jerzy Połomski, polish singer, during preparation for evening concert given at the balcony at Small Market was greeting his fans)

Objects in the lens are closer than they appear!

2009-07-02T23:02:00.004+02:00

Church fair

2009-06-30T20:53:00.005+02:00

Celebration of St. Peter and Paul Day at Gliwice cathedral.

Side tower:
Stands:

Bozywerek and its inhabitants

2009-06-29T22:59:00.005+02:00

We met very kind family during shooting at Bozywerek, living in a hause adopted from old kindergarten. They invited us into their backyard.
Kindergarten was one of facilities made for workers families.

Thank you Dawid and Bogunia for invitation. We will be happy to visit your neighbourhood again.

And this is Dawid, his wife Bogunia, and 1,5yo Paulinka

Podaj dalej

2009-06-29T12:44:00.004+02:00

Konkurs...:)

Wzięłam udział w zabawie "Podaj dalej " na Blogu "Gniazdo sroki"
Postanowiłam podtrzymać zabawę i tak oto ogłaszam konkurs.

Oto zasady:

1. Musisz posiadać własnego bloga.

2. Pierwsze 3 osoby, które zostawią komentarz pod tym postem otrzymają ode mnie mały upominek. Warunkiem jest ogłoszenie takiego konkursu u siebie.

3. Ty organizujesz taką samą zabawę u siebie i dajesz szansę kolejnym 3 osobom na prezent od Ciebie.

4. Każdy blogowicz może uczestniczyć 3 razy w takiej zabawie!

Zapraszam więc ...

Bozywerek

2009-06-28T23:13:00.005+02:00

Bozywerek is a name of workers estate in Zabrze-Biskupice. It was built for coal miners and steelworkers in 1863 - 1871. The name comes from german factory owner, August Borsig, it's original german name was Borsigwerk, which was adopted into Polish as Bozywerek.

Gypsy show

2009-06-26T22:44:00.009+02:00

Second part of gypsy story from Sunday. Main part of Roma meeting was the show - colorful, vivid, full of dance and music.

Exhibition

2009-06-24T20:30:00.009+02:00

We just returned from exhibition of Szymon Szczesniak photos "Maroko, Turcja, Egipt" (Morocco, Turkey, Egypt). Exhibition took place in extraordinary location - Old Wire Factory. Now it's place of many cultural events.
Hot photos below.

Evening with Roma people

2009-06-24T17:28:00.008+02:00

Gypsies call themselves Roma people. They met on Sunday in city park:

Another one or two gypsy posts will follow soon

Little bit of tram history

2009-06-22T18:46:00.006+02:00

Type N - first after-war polish tram, year 1949 (reconstrcuted). Few trams of this type are still in use
Old logo of silesian tram company (currently Tramwaje Śląskie SA, former PKT)
Type N - inside

Trams service station

2009-06-21T22:41:00.008+02:00

Have you ever been inside? We haven't till yesterday.

Tramway afternoon

2009-06-20T23:59:00.005+02:00

Visit in tram depot we started at tram stop:

Three generations of silesian trams:

Bird's eye view at city communication:

to be continued...

Welcome to the jungle (almost)

2009-06-19T23:03:00.008+02:00

Visit in the Municipal Palm House or what to do in rainy afternoon...

Franklin on the walk ...

2009-06-18T19:20:00.003+02:00

... or City Park by Ola (3yo)