Paweł Żak

Paweł Żak studied social sciences at the University of Warsaw. He graduated from the Faculty of Multimedia Communication at the University of the Arts in Poznań.
He teaches photography at the Faculty of Journalism at the University of Warsaw and at the ZPAF Higher School of Photography.
He is a member of the Association of Polish Art Photographers (ZPAF).

He received, among other distinctions, the Prix de la Lumière at the European Photography Contest in Vevey, Switzerland, in 1998. His work encompasses two main strands: staged photography with symbolic overtones, and minimalist compositions featuring studies from nature, most often plants and fruit, and occasionally landscapes. Many of his works are created using unconventional printing techniques that produce unique prints.