©Rafal SIDERSKI
Exhibition is taking place
P. Stulga museum of Lithuanian national musical instruments
(L. Zamenhofo str. 12)
II-VI 10.00-18.00
The opening of exhibition: 17:30, May 22, 2009 (Friday)
“Hometown”
Bialystok is the largest city in north eastern Poland. It is located near the border with Belarus, and is the historical capital of the Podlachia region. Bialystok had a population of 295,000 in 2006. The capital of the Podlachia Voivodeship since 1999.
“These photos are my private look at place where i was born and lived for most time in my life”.
About Rafal Siderski
Works as a freelance photographer. Born in 1984, based in Bialystok, Poland. From the beginning of his photographic journey he has been interested in documentary photography with the human in the foreground. H is interested in observing people and photographing them with the aim of showing a variety of things which these people can create as well as in culture itself.
He received Master degree in Pedagogy of Culture at the University of Bialystok. Since 2005 he has been a student of the Institute of Creative Photography in Opava in Czech Republic.
He is a manager of “113” photo gallery, based in university of Bialystok, where he organizes exhibitions of photographers from Poland and other countries.
Since 2007 he has cooperated regularly with “Gazeta Wyborcza” in Bialystok. He also publishes photos in “Przekroj” magazine, “Newsweek Poland” and “Rzeczpospolita newspaper”.
