Michael Kowalczyk is a photographer with special interest in making photographs in public as a way of commenting and documenting changes in society. He attended photography workshops and educated students in Europe and the US. Since 2017 his images became featured in interviews, published in books, exhibited in galleries and won prizes in international street photography festival contests. Michael is currently living in Germany and continues expanding the Street Photo Tip project.
Interviews
- 2018 – Fotopolis.pl Interview with Julia Kaczorowska
- 2018 – 121 Clicks Interview with Venkat Prakash
- 2018 – Xataka Interview with Jesus León
- 2017 – Szeroki Kadr Interview
- 2016 – Huffington Post Interview with Michael Sweet
Competitions and Awards
2019 – Urban Photo Awards 2019 – Finalist (Single Image)
2019 – Italian Street Photography Festival 2019 – Finalist (Single Image)
2018 – Miami Street Photography Festival 2018 – Finalist (Single Image)
2018 – Pentaxforums.com Photo Contest May “People, Candid or Street” – Winner
2018 – SPi Street Photography International Awards – Finalist
2017 – ΦΩS ATHENS – Finalist
2017 – EyeEm Photo Awards 2017 – Finalist (The Street Photographer)
2017 – Urban Street Dive Contest 2017 – 2nd place
2016 – #ShootOnaLeica Contest – Winner
Publications (Print)
- 2019 – Short Street Stories Book – Street Photography Book by Exhibit Around
- 2018 – LUUPS 2018 – Various Art & Coupon books
- 2017 – EyeEm Magazine – V – Diversity
- 2016 – LUUPS 2017 – Various Art & Coupon books
- 2016 – GOLEM Exhibition – Catalog, Jüdisches Museum Berlin
- 2015 – LUUPS 2016 – Various Art & Coupons books
- 2015 – LUUPS 2015 – Aachen Art & Coupons book
- 2013 – Eyecatcher 2 – Contest Katholische Hochschulgemeinde Aachen (Video)
- 2012 – LUUPS 2012 – Aachen Art & Coupon book
Publications (Online)
- 2016 – Edge of Humanity – Online Publication
Exhibitions (Group)
- 2019 – Xposure, Expo Center, Sharjah, UAE
- 2019 – Street Photo Milano, Milano, IT
- 2018 – History Miami Museum, Miami, US
- 2018 – Leica Store & Cafe Mayfair, London, UK
- 2015 – EyeEm Container @ Photoville in Brooklyn, NYC, US
- 2010 – Video exhibition, Urban Styles 3.0, “Aachen Tilt Shift” in the Raststätte, Aachen, GER (Link)
- 2009 – Photo exhibition, Urban Styles 2.0, “Klingeln” in the Raststätte, Aachen, GER (Video)
Learning Photography
- 2017 – Portrait Lighting on Location: Natural and Flash with Bobbi Lane, ICP, NYC, US
- 2017 – Street Photography as Point of View with Jeff Mermelstein, ICP, NYC, US
- 2017 – The Documentary Project: The Photographer as Storyteller with Natan Dvir, ICP, NYC, US
- 2014 – What do you mean? with Paolo Woods, International Summer Academy of Fine Arts, Salzburg, Austria
- 2013 – Documentary Video with Ralf Marschalleck, Video/Film Tage 013, Institut für Medienpädagogik – Rheinland-Pfalz e.V., Koblenz, Germany
Teaching Photography
- 2017 – Advanced Street Photography: Finding Your Voice – Teaching Assistant with Natan Dvir, ICP, NYC, US
- 2017 – Style and Evidence with Stephen Ferry, ICP, NY, US
Stock Photography
- Selected photographs are available for purchase on the EyeEm Marketplace and Getty Images.
