ABOUT

MICHAŁ KARCZ

I was born in 1977 in Warsaw, Poland. 

I have graduated from High School of Art in Warsaw

and School Of Commercial Advertising in Warsaw.

My journey into the world of photography began in the early 90's, but at that time my biggest passion was painting, which helped me to develop a vision that was hard to create with other visual techniques. Unfortunately I had to leave the paintbrush and canvas. 

A few years ago I have opened "the door" to my own world with help of a different key. My early fascinations of painting and photography have been combined into one piece, with the use of digital tools. That digital photography and software gave me the opportunity to generate unique realities that were impossible to be created with an ordinary dark room techniques. Most of my work is like a journey to the places which don't exist. Places from my dreams, desire, imagination and fears. 

My inspiration comes from many artists and it doesn't matter if they get through to me by the sense of vision or hearing. I can tell that music has the biggest impact on my work. It’s an inseparable element with pictures in my mind, a kind of sound illustration to a visible scenery. These two things hit me with the strongest intensity. Since many years, many of You helped me to understand that I’ve chosen the right way for my self realization. It gave me an opportunity to show my world and to share it. This is what I’m doing, this is what I love to do and it’s still not everything what I want to say. Each day I see more, I’m exploring more things which I want to share with You. This website is the key to my world. This is what I have collected in my soul since I was born until now. 

Have a nice journey! 

Michał 

 SELECTED AWARDS

• IPOTY 2016,

       Title: International Fine Art Photographer Of The Year

       2016, UK

• IPOTY 2016,

       1st place: Fine Art Photomanipulation

       2016, UK

• ZMR MUSIC AWARDS 2010,

       Best Cover Artwork of the Year

       2010, USA

• TRIERENBERG SUPER CIRCUIT 2015

       Silver Medal: Digital Color,

       2015, Austria 

• 1X.com 2015 AWARDS

       3rd place: General,

       2015, Sweden

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• HUGO AWARDS

       3rd place: Best Professional Artist 2015

       2016, USA

SELECTED PUBLICATIONS & INTERVIEWS

• FOTO, issue  9/2012, Poland

• PRACTICAL PHOTOSHOP, issue 9/2012, Poland

• DAILY MAIL, issue 8/08/2013, England

• THE HUFFINGTON POST, online, issue 11/06/2015, USA

• RTS-HAPPY PICS, radio broadcast 15/03/2016, Switzerland

• ADVANCED PHOTOSHOP, issue 11/2012, England

• AFFINITY SPOTLIGHT, issue 08/02/2019, Great Britain

• RETOUCHED MAGAZINE, issue 5/2015, USA

• CAMERAPIXO, issue 29, UK

• 500px ISO MAGAZINE, online, issue  30/05/2015, USA

• CHIP PHOTO VIDEO, issue 2/2014, China

• DIGITAL PHOTO, issue 2/2014, England

• DIGITAL PHOTO, issue 3/2015, England

• DIGITAL PHOTOGRAPHER, issue 172/2016, UK

• PHOTOGRAPHERS COMPANION, issue 9/2012, China

• KWERFELDEIN.DE, online, issue 7/07/2014, Germany

• PHOTOGRAPHIZE online, issue 21 07/2014, USA

• BORED PANDA, online, issue 05/12/2014, USA

• DISPLATE, online, issue 24/10/2018, USA

• ASF MAGAZINE, issue 2/2016, Poland

• ASF MAGAZINE, issue 1/2017, Poland

• SOURA MAGAZINE, issue 5/2010, United Arab Emirates

• ART PHOTO FEATURE, issue 22/2015, India

• ALTERED IMAGES, art book, 2011, England

• DIGITAL FOTO VIDEO, issue 11/2008, Poland

• RAISE MAGAZINE, issue 8/2013, France

• MIRROR MAGAZINE, issue 10/2013, Spain

• ARTENSION, issue 131/2015, France

• DODHO MAGAZINE, online, issue 05/03/2015, Spain

• KULTURĄ W PŁOT, online, issue 07/12/2014, Poland

• SZEROKI KADR, online, issue 03.01.2017, Poland

• GAZETA.PL, online, issue 10/12/2014, Poland

• SJSW, online magazine, 2012, Poland

• ELMUSIC, online, 12/2012, Poland