Tomasz Kudaszewicz
Born in Białystok in 1979, he is a Polish photographer and publisher who has been working with photography for over 25 years. He lives and works in Białystok, combining his creative practice with running his own business. Alongside his artistic work, he is pursuing a master’s degree at the Institute of Creative Photography (ITF) at the Silesian University in Opava.
Kudaszewicz’s work is distinguished by his attentive approach to fleeting moments and human relationships. His photographs balance documentary photography with a more intimate, personal record of experience. Rather than confining himself to a single style, he explores the technical and aesthetic possibilities of the medium, from Polaroid to digital and analogue photography. This diversity is reflected in a range of series, including KRYM UKRAINA AD 2000, SO IT GOES (2021–2024) and BORDERLAND.
In recent years, two solo exhibitions have attracted particular attention: POLAROIDY, presented in winter 2024 at the Sleńdzińscy Gallery in Białystok, featuring over 150 photographs distinguished by their intimate character and the unique aesthetic of Polaroid photography; and SO IT GOES, shown at Galeria Obok ZPAF in Warsaw in 2025.
The Krym 2000 project emerged at a distinctive historical moment, several years after Ukraine regained its independence and before Russia’s annexation of Crimea. Tomasz Kudaszewicz’s photographs document places, people and everyday situations, captured without any awareness of the political events that would radically alter their significance.
The images do not construct a historical or political narrative. Instead, they focus on the rhythms of everyday life, human relationships and ordinary gestures, avoiding spectacle. The photographs do not explain reality; they record it, suspended in time before it was absorbed into dominant historical narratives.
Viewed today, the photographs form a unique archive of a reality that no longer exists. Their significance stems not from the photographer’s intentions, but from a radical shift in context. The project documents a lost state of normality, later disrupted and imbued with new meanings.
