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I’m giving a talk on music photography in Cracow next Friday

bskowron — Fri, 18 May 2012 10:42:33 +0000

Sometime ago I was invited to give a speech about music photography in general. Shows, musicians, backstage, tours. As the event is taking place next Friday – I would like to invite you all. You can listen to some stories, watch pictures, ask questions or simply give me a high five after the panel.

Green ZOO Festival is organizing the event in cooporation with Photo Month in Cracow. I like it. On one side a music festival, on another photo month. And me in the middle, trying to link both sides ;-)

Event details:
25.05.2012 (Friday), 17:00
Klub Bomba, pl. Szczepański 3, Cracow, Poland

Come over to Cracow in May, a lot of great bands and photographies!

Trigger Effect (live) – 10.05.2012 – Wrocław, PL

bskowron — Sun, 13 May 2012 18:46:09 +0000

The flight cancelled, 20 hours of waiting, 10 hours in the air, then straight to the office for another 8 hours and then to the show. Trigger Effect in full effect. Dark and dirty as it is. I love fast living as much as playing fast!

Real fans as a bonus:

Waiting Room

bskowron — Mon, 07 May 2012 16:40:01 +0000

This is a photo story about polish public emergency rooms where people have to wait for hours in never-ending queues and sometimes are even refused service. All pictures were taken in the same spot but this situation is common throughout Poland.

This project was made during NAPO Images workshops.

Boys, girls and nothing

bskowron — Thu, 03 May 2012 04:16:49 +0000

We love skateboarding in forests

bskowron — Tue, 01 May 2012 06:08:52 +0000

We Are Idols – tour 2011

We Are Idols is going on tour!

bskowron — Sun, 29 Apr 2012 05:57:13 +0000

Actually, they were going in November last year. This is some head shots right before we left the town.

Roger Waters – The Wall – Live – 19.04.2011, Łódź (PL)

bskowron — Wed, 18 Apr 2012 23:01:49 +0000

I am completely into music. It’s like bread or oxygen. You can’t deal without it. You just live with it. Learning, working, travelling, relaxing…everything happens while music is around.

I have been to hundreds of shows around Europe. Czech Republic, Slovakia, Austria, Germany, France, Belgium, The Netherlands, Spain, Portugal, Scotland, England and of course countless times in Poland. Seriously, sometimes I go to gigs 3-4 times a week. And I am sure I’ve been more times to the shows than pubs, bars or discos.
From time to time I take pictures at the shows. You can check the photographies out at http://www.allxages.com. Errr, sorry I don’t update it too often.
Also, I love vinyl records. I buy a lot of them. And I love analog sound. Old school with a soul.

I guess, this everything happens because of my father. When I was a baby, he used to look after me and while carrying me around a room, we listened to Pink Floyd (or from time to time stuff like Deep Purple or Black Sabath) vinyls. I am sure I owe the music passion to my father.

I decided to thank for this and I gave him tickets for the Roger Waters (Pink Floyd) show in Łódź, Poland. He was completely surprised and moved. He dreamed about seeing Pink Floyd for his entire life. And suddenly dreams came true. I was so happy to see his happiness.
Thankfully he invited me to the show as I gave him 2 tickets. The show took place exactly a year ago and pictures below are a part of my memoir which I would like to share with you about this event. This was one of the best shows I have ever seen.

Thank you dad for being my dad.

Last Night in Lisbon was magic

bskowron — Tue, 17 Apr 2012 08:03:27 +0000

It happened just before I left Portugal 3 weeks ago. Ricardo, my friend, invited me to his place to stay for a night. And it was a magic night!
Hours of talk, listening to vinyls, watching hundreds of photographies. Just gettin’ high, yaknow?

Ricardo is a great photographer. I warmly invite you to check out his website!
http://www.ricardofilhodejosefina.com
http://www.ricardofilhodejosefina.com
http://www.ricardofilhodejosefina.com

He is flying to the NYC tomorrow and I will meet him there in next 2 weeks. We have some shared plans there. Wish us luck!

The most magic song from the night: Smashing Pumpkins – Disarm

Thank you, Ricardo. For everything. And have a nice time in the States!

Random Portugal in black&white

bskowron — Sun, 15 Apr 2012 22:51:48 +0000

I always read that shooting BW is the easiest way as you don’t have to control colors which is quite difficult.
So, I can’t control the BW. Nothing special here but Portugal.

The Surfers as a part of “Noc Kultury”

bskowron — Fri, 13 Apr 2012 09:54:52 +0000

I am more than happy to inform, that there is an another exhibition of The Surfers project. The exhibition is taking a place in Studenckie Centrum Kultury (http://sck.uni.opole.pl) and is a part of an event called “Noc Kultury” (“Culture by night“).

If you have a time (we are having a weekend now, aren’t we?), you are more than welcomed!

Studenckie Centrum Kultury
ul. Katowicka 95
Opole

Sunny Portugal

bskowron — Wed, 11 Apr 2012 22:01:15 +0000

Back to film…

Óscar, Ricardo, Sara, Jorge, João

bskowron — Wed, 11 Apr 2012 10:59:00 +0000

Love. Fever.

bskowron — Mon, 09 Apr 2012 22:49:22 +0000

Lx 2012.

This is Portugal. 2012.

bskowron — Wed, 04 Apr 2012 23:28:17 +0000

Portugal in its best.

Surprise B-day Party

bskowron — Tue, 03 Apr 2012 22:29:53 +0000

Happy b-day Kuba!

The Year After

bskowron — Mon, 02 Apr 2012 23:49:30 +0000

Actually 8 months not a year.
The first one was taken during a sunny summer. The second right after a thunderstorm in the winter.

There is no more the clothes-line for hanging vans.

PS. The first images was already published in this post.

Lonely Hotel

bskowron — Wed, 28 Mar 2012 00:22:42 +0000

March 2012

A short walk in Lisbon

bskowron — Mon, 26 Mar 2012 09:16:30 +0000

A story about my Portugal in 2012 is a little bit upside down. The story starts with its end.
A few hours before I left Portugal I had a lunch with Jorge and João. I still had a spare hour, so I decided to take a short walk mainly in Barrio Alto area as my favourite one.
And here is what I saw in 60 minutes just before I left Portugal.
Lisbon supreme as always.

Poland, part II

bskowron — Mon, 19 Mar 2012 12:37:35 +0000

Poland, part I

bskowron — Thu, 15 Mar 2012 00:09:05 +0000