TIFA 2024 People / Life Style

Laundry Room

  • Prize
    Gold in People/Life Style
  • Photographer
    Arkadiusz Kubisiak
  • Agency / Studio
    Ak Photography
  • Technical Info
    Digital Images
  • Photo Date
    2023

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.

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,