Laundry Room

• Prize
  Gold in People/Life Style
• Photographer
  Arkadiusz Kubisiak
• Agency / Studio
  Ak Photography
• Technical Info
  Digital Images
• Photo Date
  2023
• Website
  https://arkadiuszkubisiak.com

Pionki, Poland, 2023, In Pionki, a town in the Masovian Voivodeship, a center for people with mental disabilities has been operating for 25 years. The center also has a puppet theater. They stage classic fairy tales like Cinderella and Snow White. Most theater plays take place outdoors. The troupe also organizes street parades. Sometimes, they even travel across the country to present a show when invited. The Center's staff have created a close-knit team that functions like a family. Almost everyone knows them, and they serve well the city community.

• Biography
  Independent documentary and portrait photographer. He studied photography at the European Academy of Photography in Warsaw. He participated in numerous workshops, like Transmission pour l’Image in Perpignan, France. His work won several awards, for instance, PX3, Prix De La Photographie, Tokyo International Foto Award, Grand Press Photo, National Geographic Poland Photography Competition, SIPA Competition, , BZ WBK Press Foto, International Photography Award, and was shown, among others at The Art of Photography Show in The USA, NEY Gallery in Warsaw, Masovian Center of Contemporary Art,
• Awards
  2023 Black & White Magazine, Merit Award, The USA, PX3, "State of The World", Curator Shortlist, Paris, France, PX3, Prix De La Photographie Paris, Silver Award, in the category of Photojournalism, Paris, France, Refocus World Photo in the category of Photojournalism, The USA, 2021 PX3, Prix De La Photographie Paris, Honorable Mention Award, Paris, France, Center of Contemporary Artists, 2021 Edition, Finalist, Italy, The Fine Art Photography Awards, Nominee Award, London, The UK, 2020 Black & White Magazine, Portfolio Contest Winner, The USA, PX3, Prix De La Photographie Paris, Gold Winner, Paris, France, PX3, Prix De La Photographie Paris, Honorable Mention Award, Paris, France, Listed on MEET 2020 First Edition, 2019 Tokyo International Foto Award, Gold Winner, in the category People, Tokyo, Japan, Black & White Magazine, Portfolio Contest Winner, The USA, IPA 2019, Honorable Mention in Category Editorial / Press, Photo Essay, The USA, 2018 Tokyo International Foto Award, Honorable Mention in the category People, Culture, Tokyo, Japan, Grand Press Photo, Finalist, Warsaw, Poland, SIPA Award 2018, Finalist, Italy, 2016 SIPA Award 2016, Remarkable Award in category Storyboard, Italy, National Geographic Photo Contest, 1st place in category Reportage, Poland, Grand Press Photo 2016, 2nd place in the category Long Term Project, Documentary, Poland, SIPA Awards 2016, finalist, Italy, 2014 2nd place in BZ WBK Press Photo in the category Culture, Reportage, Poland, 2nd place in BZ WBK Press Photo in the category Daily Life, Reportage, Poland, 2013 Grand Prix in National Geographic Photography Photography Contest, Poland, 1st place in category Reportage in the National Geographic Photography Contest, Poland, Honorable Mention at IPA Contest in the category Deeper Perspective, The USA, Honorable Mention at IPA Contest in the category People, Portrait, The USA,