September-October 2024: Josephine Tomaszewska
Newspaper cover, A part of the ’46 Steps’ project
Project Statement
Saska Kępa, Warsaw, 2019. From the bathroom window, I see a small photography studio every day. Intrigued by the place, I often wonder who runs it?
In the summer of 2022, I meet her on the street. She invites me to the studio and we talk.
50 years separate us, passion for photography unites us.
What is the position of a woman photographer in the 70s in Poland? What is it like today? At what pace are changes taking place? Is this pace sufficient?
Working with Mrs. Celina Osiecka’s archives, I compare the situation of women then and today, in 2024. The “46 Steps” is not just the distance between my apartment and the photography studio. How many steps must be taken for our hopes to become reality?
Artist biography
Josephine Tomaszewska (b. in Poland, 1991). She’s a graduate of cultural studies and The Academy of Photography. In her works, she focuses on the perspective of women and their place in society. She was published in “2023 in the Lenses of Polish Photographers”. Completed the 13th edition of The Sputnik Photos Mentoring Program. Josephine lives and works in Warsaw.
What is OKNO gallery?
OKNO (“window” in Polish) is a tiny one-window gallery overlooking the busy Shore area in Edinburgh, UK (see it on Google Maps). It is facing the bridge over the Water of Leith.
Each month Wojtek Kutyla, a visual artist working from the studio where the OKNO gallery is located, gives the space to one artist who presents their single image along an invitation to see more online.
All work is presented free of charge (Wojtek handles the printing at zero cost to the artist) and available for a purchase at the end of the display period. All money from the purchase finds its way to the author. If the work is not purchased, it becomes destroyed.
If you want to exhibit your work in the OKNO gallery, send an email to Wojtek.
To follow all upcoming exhibitions in the OKNO gallery, follow Wojtek Kutyla on Instagram and monitor the hashtag of #OKNOEdinburgh.
Past exhibitions
A list of artists who exhibited at the OKNO gallery will appear here. Stay tuned.