About Paweł Starzec

Photographer, sociologist, educator, journalist. Works on photographic documents. Mainly interested in correlations between space and its context, and in envisioning broader processes through their aftermath and peripherals. Winner of Encontros da Imagem Discovery Award, LensCulture Emerging Talent Award, finalist of CDS Documentary Essay Prize in Photography. Visual sociologist, working in the field of modern iconography, mass visual memory and visual narratives. PhD Student of Applied Sociology Department of University of Warsaw, and MA student of Institute of Creative Photography of Silesian University in Opava. Art educator responsible for a number of workshop programs as a lecturer and teacher, member of Azimuth Press visual studies educators collective. Musician and sound artist, currently playing in Mazut, and solo under Centralia moniker. DIY / zine culture enthusiast.

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