Portfolio Katarzyna Smolinska

Phallic Art. City Fountain Installation, Gallery inconstant, Toruń 2009, Poland

Homometrosapiens Glamour Inspiration Festival , smooth and slick Officyna Gallery, Szczecin 2010, Poland ...Male and female hybrid , toxic discard of the sex equality struggle. Creature completely self-contained, narcissistic, trig, uninvolved, „eternal boy”... page 2

Penny Press photography, Brama Jazz Cafe, Szczecin, Poland 2011 ...The tabloids, cheap sensation. Kasia Smolińska plays in paparazzi photography and takes pictures ​​of those who are „in tongues”, the heroes of local gossips, celebrities, famous for the sake of fame ... that are precisely known.

She puts them in unexpected situations... page 6

Index 3d photography, Brama Jazz Cafe, Szczecin, Poland 2011 ...In the pictures we can see members of the service of Brama Jazz Cafe. All of the photos were taken in stereoscopic technique and to see the proper effect you have to wear 3D glasses, with one red and one cyan glass... page 12

Hore Shmule Brama Jazz Cafe ,Szczecin, Poland 2011

Project 6x6 Sic! Magazine, Szczecin, Poland 2011 ...Pictures for Szczecin project 6x6. For the project there were six photographers invited. Age, aesthetics and the use of photography, differentiates them... page 15

Portfolio Katarzyna Smolińska

1 | Photography

Photography concept. styling. make up. photography. retouch

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I create reality and the world anew. My vision is retouched, built for the time and place,and the feeling of illusion is quite clear. In my work first I think and looking for until I get the idea that it is worth for someone to discuss, confront the other person’s vision. Photo session is an element. I like to leave the door open to possible changes. Image is not that important but also what happens off camera.

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Homometrosapiens Male and female hybrid , toxic discard of the sex equality struggle. Creature completely self-contained, narcissistic, trig, uninvolved, „eternal boy”.

The mannequin symbolizes the female body, yet unreal, commercial, artificial, idealized. The original woman’s role has lost it’s value. World of Glamour is no longer a stranger to the men and is not reserved exclusively for women.

Metrosexual, will no longer be perceived as deviant, but rather as a requirement. On the other hand, under a coat of effeminate glare, the dude is still a dude, but does not need a woman on such a scale as before.

The project is taking this issue in a creative way.Through the combination of a male torso with a female bust, it mocks the evolution of a male from a Neanderthal to his modern Homometrosapiens self.

The exhibition took place at March last year during the Festival Inspirations Glamour. It was the work of the ten dimensions of 100 x 70 which are hung on the walls of Villa Lentz.

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Penny Press „but between the lines it is also about the fact that people who are in these photos do not really give a flying fuck ..

They do not care about their glitz and fame but still it happens ... They are famous because they are famous and They can not help it ... people are talking about them one way or the other, about their relationships, adventures, blah blah ... This may be the metaphorical “fuck off” to those who have nothing to do in life and are interested in someone else’s problems ... because they do not have their own ... and are bored ... so, after all, this is what the tabloids are for, right? „ The tabloids, cheap sensation. Its a game in paparazzi photography and pictures ​​of those who are „in tongues”, the heroes of local gossips, celebrities, famous for the sake of fame ... that are precisely known. Celebrities in unexpected situations ...

The „Penny Press” also encompasses the work of eleven pictures stylistically similar to one another pictures. All the outfits you could see for a month in the Brama Jazz Cafe in Szczecin in December last year.

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Process of Creation The girl who is in the photograph is a dancer and loves contemporary dance. Weightlessness is what comes to mind while looking at the dancers. Therefore, for purposes of this photograph Aga had to hang in the air.

The left hand which, unfortunately, was captured in motion had to be swapped with the stiff and erect and the distinctive tattoo on her right leg had to necessarily be exposed. Adding more ribbons and white stripes gave the picture more dynamics.

These three photographs are the components of the whole work. Agnes made ​​about 120 jumps to create this photograph. She returned home with many bruises, and soreness in the morning prevented her even from drinking the coffee.

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Process of Creation To start the session, I needed a dilapidated and old lift and a man with a sculpted torso.

Because still much was missing for ideal effect, I have created my own composition using other frames.

The model accidentally hid the tattoo on her arm so I had to expose it a bit. The left leg as you can see looks much better as it is raised and tense.

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Index 3d Photo shoot for Brama Jazz Cafe 11 birthday.

It is a cult café in the king’s baroque gate, almost in the center of Szczecin with modern interior and excellent music.

In the pictures we can see members of the service of Brama Jazz Cafe. All of the photos were taken in stereoscopic technique and to see the proper effect you have to wear 3D glasses, with one red and one cyan glass.

In addition, at each image you can see QR code from which you could learn more about the heroes of the exhibition.

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Femininity During the photo session for my Bachelor’s degree, which was the installation, completely unexpectedly I created a series of photographs, which I called „femininity”.

These photographs recall to mind a quote: „To photograph people is to violate them, by seeing them as they never see themselves, by having knowledge of them that they can never have; it turns people into objects that can be symbolically possessed. Just as a camera is a sublimation of the gun, to photograph someone is a subliminal murder - a soft murder, appropriate to a sad, frightened time.”

Susan Sontag „On Photography”

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Unknown title These are the first two photographs in the series, which is in progress. The idea for the project is to create discord between the actor and its surroundings areas.

The room in which, the models are posing is designed to reflect the emotional interior of each character.

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In front of myself Pictures for Szczecin project 6x6. For the project there were six photographers invited. Age, aesthetics and the use of photography, differentiates them. They are bound by Szczecin.

6 images in 6 months. The organiser of the project was Bajen Raphael, president of Creators and Producers of Art. 6 x 6 format negatives are used in the old camera KIEV 88, dating from the 70. This negative, is four times larger than normal analog frame, and the difficulty is to set the proper focus and exposure to such a large format. Thanks to that project a series of square, large format art photographs was created.

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Weddings Reportage and outdoor photo shoots done in both in Poland and Ireland. Starting with the preparation of the bride through the wedding ceremony and wedding reception. Usually a photo session in the open air made at leisure few days after the ceremony.

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Bubliczki Photo shoot made for the unusual team, presents the unusual combination of traditional Kashubian, Gypsy also Balkan and Jewish music .

Founded in 2006 in Brusy under the name Bubliczki Cashubian Klezmer Band, based on members of the Kreb’s Kashubian Folklore Group.

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Virga Restaurant Photos for the menu commissioned by the Virga Restaurant. When it comes to food photography I try to do delicious shots, especially when it comes to preparing for publication in magazines and other publications, such as the restaurant menu. w w w.smoutelier.com

17 | Illustration

Illustration concept. styling. make up. photography. retouch

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I prepare outfits, makeup, models and looking for space, „draw” a picture in my head. Then there is the capture moment in which the person does not know that one is photographed and after that the computer work for the end. I like when the faces of my models are true, because during the session I talk with people, watch them closely, seek contact with them, so that they could forget about the existence of a camera.

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retro guitars Illustration of the album cover is a pastiche of the picture of the old polish Red Guitar band. It was prepared for the Szczecin tribute band - Retro Guitars - playing new arrangements of Red Guitar songs.

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Helena Majdaniec On the occasion of her 70th birthday the association LOFT ART prepared an unusual music album of Helena Majdaniec, the leading singer in the history of postwar Szczecin. Lady Helen’ s songs, have been recorded in new and surprising arrangements.

Illustration prepared for the mamto.

Creative Studios, which handles the graphic design of the project.

Graphic design poster Przemysław Trepka Creative mamto.Studio

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miss Quan Illustration prepared for a poster of the Miss Quan and her solo concert at the Brama Jazz Cafe in. Image was created from photographs that I made earlier.

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21 | Graphic Design

Graphic Design concept. styling. make up. photography. retouch

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It’s not just photography, is still drawing, graphics, installation, video, and the makeup and styling, and later working at the computer. The image is only part of the process and one of the many media which I use.

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Lubalin graph The book presents the typeface Lubalin Graph. It has been designed and realized in graphic design classes under the leadership of Ludwik ĹťelaĹşniewicz professor at the Academy in Wroclaw.

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Obsessio Double-sided folding leaflet designed for graphic design classes at the Academy in the direction of J.J.Aleksiun.

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nirvana There are two proposals of leporello designed for graphic design classes at the Academy in the direction of J.J.Aleksiun.

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Language week Identity design for the a social campaign organized by the Foundation Institute of Quality Education and the Association of Pase. The social campaign called „Language Week” was designed to encourage people to learn foreign languages​. Thanks to the action you could verified your level of language, enroll in language courses and, above all, get to know different people from other countries and improve speaking in foreign languages.

Here you can see the website project, also labels that have been placed in all the places where spoken of in foreign languages​​, and the pins worn by those involved in the campaign, also providing a language in which they communicate.

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Soft Machines The design and preparation for printing cover art (digipack) of the new Karolina Cicha’s album called “Soft Machines”.

The project realized in collaboration with the photographer Michał Łuczak and stylist Czarnota T-Error

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lector’s hats Visual identity for the association PASE, which organizes workshops for teachers and methodologists. The project was created for the seventh edition of the workshops conducted throughout Poland.

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mad love vol.5 Tees design for compilaton Mad-Hop vol. 5. It presents amazing selection of sounds like crazy wonky Hip-Hop , post dubstep , ambient electronica and this time a bit more lovely deep beats created with mad-love.

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Social Campaign Proposal for social campaign in the advertising photography classes under the leadership of Piotr Komorowski at the Academy of Fine Arts in Wroclaw.

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Helse Logo and poster prepared at the request of Mamto creative studio.

The project was prepared for the newly opened clinic of healthy eating in Szczecin.

Pear is not a coincidence here. It is associated not only with healthy juicy fruit but as well as the type of woman’s figure.

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poster Posters designed for graphic design classes from the Academy in Wroclaw.

The first left „Sexual abuse with drugs” under the direction of J.J.Aleksiun.

The second is a poster to commemorate the work of J.J.Alesiuna. It is analogous to the well-known work of this artwork, „My Fair Lady,” which shows a girl with a face stripped piece reveals an eye.

The third is realized in order to concentrate on excellence of Lubalin font. “Lubalin source of inspiration” is the title of the poster.

Bilboard Proposals of billboards for companies such as Viscoplast ( „For every wound”, tattoo means I love...) and Dulux („Pain as you like” ) for the commercial photography classes in the direction of Piotr Komorowski.

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PHOTOGRAPHY AND MULTIMEDIA 2008 - 2011 Academy of Fine Arts in Wroclaw, Poland Bachelor’s degree in photography &multimedia, styling and design photographic studio, graphic design drawing and painting

PHOTOGRAPHY 2004 – 2005 School of Photography „Afa” in Wroclaw, Poland analysis and interpretation of photographs staging photography, studio photography

Make - up Course 2003 Jolanta Wagner Course, Wiltz Malu in Warsaw, Poland techniques and information on the types and use of cosmetics Malu Stage Line body painting, detailed knowledge about the makeup and its use, make-up photoand for special occasions

Make - up Course 2003 Postgraduate Course Study makeup cosmetic „Omnia” techniques and types of makeup, styling, coloring study of the makeup and cosmetics

study of the makeup and cosmetics 2002 - 2004 Postgraduate Study Beauty „Omnia”in Szczecin, Poland Diploma in cosmetology / make-up artist

GRAPHIC DESIGNER /PHOTOGRAPHER 2013 Effectica Agency, Świdnicka St. , wrocław, Poland

Creation Graphic design, web design, shooting advertising, photo editing (retouching and photo montage), DTP,

COORDINATOR / Account 2012 Lang LTC Examination Centr, Sędziowska St. Warsaw, Poland

PHOTOGRAPHER / FREELANCER 2009. - 2013 Smoutelier, Warcisława St, Szczecin

Commissioned photo shoots, art, wedding, advertising. The implementation of my own projects.

Cooperation with the Creative Studio MAMTO and BOGODESIGN, LOFTART Culture & Arts Association (member)

PHOTOGRAPHER/ GRAPHIC DESIGNER 2008 Goya Art, Garncarska St. , Szczecin, Poland

Shooting advertising, photo editing (retouching and photo montage), performance of internal and external advertising.

MANAGER 2008 Rock House Restaurant, Ladyswell St., Cashel, Irlandia

Customer service, delivery control,

SELF-EMPLOYMENT 2005 Make-up and Cosmetics Studio at the

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