Wojtek Wieteska

is an artist, director, Doctor of Visual Arts. He composes images, constructs novels, and sketches essays. As he claims, "It's better than writing because photographs are faster than words." He studied at the Department of Cinematography and TV Production at the Lodz Film School, as well as art history at the University of Warsaw and Université Paris Sorbonne. He has 17 years of experience as a university lecturer. He has been photographing since the age of 13, and his series have been exhibited in Krakow, Warsaw, and Lodz, among others.
With My Naked Eye
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With My Naked Eye

The acclaimed American art photographer looks back at his career, and the cultural and temporal influences that have shaped it.
Wojtek Wieteska
Japanese Crossword
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Japanese Crossword

Which photographs deserve to be presented to the outside world and which should be left out? Is a positive always more important than a negative?
Ania Diduch, Wojtek Wieteska
Who’s Afraid of Helmut Newton?
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Who’s Afraid of Helmut Newton?

Art historian Ania Diduch and photographer Wojtek Wieteska talk with two curators of Helmut Newton about the nature of the German’s nude and fashion photography.
Ania Diduch, Wojtek Wieteska
He Who Asks Doesn’t Photograph
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He Who Asks Doesn’t Photograph

Art historian Ania Diduch talks with photographer Wojtek Wieteska about out of focus photographs, deckchairs, and colliding with the world at “Unseen”, an exhibition of Robert Frank’s work at the renowned gallery, C/O Berlin.
Ania Diduch, Wojtek Wieteska
The “Unseen” Photography of Robert Frank
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The “Unseen” Photography of Robert Frank

Curator Martin Gasser talks about the death of his long-term collaborator Robert Frank, how he conceived his latest exhibition, and the value of ‘unseen’ photographs.
Ania Diduch, Wojtek Wieteska
Lola van der W.
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Lola van der W.

Wojtek Wieteska is trying to understand the psychology of the portrayed girl by playing with the reproduction that he ‘takes’ on real trips around the world. He exercises the capacity of van der Weyden’s image, designing new ‘versions’ of the model and, by extension, her personality.
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Kyotographie
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Kyotographie

Art historian Ania Diduch talks with photographer Wojtek Wieteska about erotic woodcuts, garden photography and a new kind of spatial thinking at the recent Kyotographie photography festival in Japan.
Ania Diduch, Wojtek Wieteska