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Monday, December 2, 2019

History of Polish Photography



A cover from Poland 🇵🇱 with stamps of 2016 

History of Polish Photography
Date of issue : 23-03-2016


Polish Poststamps dedicated to history of photography. Two authors of the pictures used in this issue are the legends of the polish photography.


Jan Kosidowski (1922-1992)- one of the most famous photographers after World War II , he worked for several years in the weekly newspaper "Åšwiat" (The World) , where his pictures from Poland and around the World were published. 




WiesÅ‚aw Prażuch (1925-1992)  showed interest in photography form the early years. After graduation he remained faithful to this profession, working as a photojournalist in various editorial offices of the press center. In the 50s, being in a group of photographers magazine "Åšwiat" was co-authored revolution in the field of documentary photography.




Thanks Wojtek for this lovely cover :) 

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