Dimensions: 33.4 x 50.4 cm
dated, numbered and described on the reverse: '1/3 | Wiesław Pra¿uch | 1960/2013'
on the reverse the stamp and hologram of the National Museum in Warsaw
on the reverse the DESA Unicum stamp
unpublished photograph from the series for the photo essay "Holoubek", "World" 1960, no. 14 (1(3) April
ed. 1/3
Origins
Auction of photographs from "The World" weekly, National Museum in Warsaw, DESA Unicum, 2013
private collection, Warsaw
Exhibited
"Four times WORLD. Konstanty Jarochowski, Jan Kosidowski, Wiesław Prażuch, Władysław Sławny". - photojournalists of the illustrated weekly "WYWIAT" (1951-1969), National Museum in Warsaw, Warsaw, 22.02-19.05.2013
Biography
Wieslaw Prazuch gained experience in working with a camera during World War II - in a professional photography workshop in Pinczow and as a photographer in partisan units in the Kielce region. In 1951-1969 he worked as a photojournalist for the illustrated weekly "World". After the liquidation of the magazine, he joined "Dookoła Świata" and then, from December 1972, the weekly "Kobieta i Życie". In 1958 he became a member of the Union of Polish Artists Photographers. In 1963, he opened his first solo photography exhibition, "From Reportage," at the Kordegarda Gallery in Warsaw. In 1973-1976, he served as president of the Board of Directors of the ZPAF, and later received the dignity of honorary member of the Association. In 1975 he founded the quarterly magazine "Fotografia" and was its editor-in-chief until the magazine's closure in 1989. In 1991, he became the editor and a member of the Artistic and Programming Council of the magazine "6 x 9".
