Promised Land

• Prize
  Gold in People/Self-Portrait, 1st Place winner in People
• Photographer
  Michal Konrad
• Website
  http://michalkonrad.pl/

I HAD A DREAM. I WAS FILLED WITH A STRANGE WEAKNESS. I FELT DROWSY AND TIRED. MY LEGS WERE AS IF THEY WERE ROOTS GROWN INTO THE GROUND. EVERY STEP WAS HARD AND MADE ME MORE TIRED. I STOOD MOTIONLESSLY, IGNORING THE SNOW AND COLDNESS. I SAW OTHERS GOING AWAY, BUT I WAS TIED WITH THE LAND. I PRAYED TO GOD. GOD TOLD ME TO PLAY MUSIC. The project presents a difficult relationship of a man to the place where I live. Despite the difficult existence, this man can not part with the land of his ancestors. With the land in which he has his roots.

• Biography
  Michal Konrad (born Michal Smuda)concept photographer, born in 1983 in Wodzislaw Sllski. Member of the Association Polish Art Photographers in Katowice. Student of the Institute Tvurcí Fotografie Philosophical-Prírodovedecké Fakulty Slezské Univerzity v Opave (Czech Republic). High school teacher.
• Awards
  AWARD: 2016 - 3rd place in ND AWARD (conceptual) 2017 - 2rd place in ND AWARD (self-portrait) 2018 - honorable mention iN ND AWARAD (conceptual) 2019 - 3rd place in ND AWARD (conceptual) 2017 - finalist project DEBUTS (Doc Magazine) for the best polish emerging photographers 2020 - 1rd place in TIFA Award (people) an Gold Medal Award in (self-portrait) 2020 - 2rd place in Budapest BIFA (people) 2020 - honorable mention in ND Award (self - portrait) 2018 - honorable mention in MONOCHROME AWARD 2013 - 2rd place in PORTRAIT AWARD (polish awards) 2011 - first place in CREATIVE ACT (polish awrds) EXHIBITIONS: 2013 - post-competition collective exhibition "Portret Prawdziwy" in the Nowotomyskie Center of Culture. 2017 - individual exhibition in Rybnik as part of 14th edition of the Rybnik Festival of Photography. 2017 - collective exhibition of the winners of the "Debuts" project in ?ód? at the Andels hotel. 2017 - collective exhibition of the winners of the "Debuts" project at the Maison De La Photographie gallery in France. 2018 - author's meeting and projection of artistic achievements at the Wodzis?aw Cultural Center in Wodzis?aw ?l?ski. 2019 - collective exhibition at the Museum in Wodzis?aw ?l?ski. 2019 - collective exhibition at the Chania International Photography Festival in Greece. 2021 - projection of the Slide Show in Rybnik as part of the 18th edition of the Rybnik Festival of Photography. 2021 - individual exhibition in Opole as part of the 11th edition of the Opole Festival of Photography. 2022 - collective exhibition "Common Opava" by students of the Tv?r?í Fotografie Institute at the Fotofestiwal in ?ód?. 2022 - exhibition in Rybnicki Photo Festiwal in Rybnik. 2022 - collective exhibition by students of the Tv?r?í Fotografie Institute in Praque Photo 2022 - collective exhibition by students of the Tv?r?í Fotografie Institute in Month of Photography in Bratislava