Agata Pospieszynska

Agata Pospieszynska is a Polish photographer and visual artist based in Warsaw. She is best known for her documentary-style photography, which often focuses on the lives of people living in rural areas of Poland.

Pospieszynska was born in Warsaw in 1982 and grew up surrounded by art and culture. She studied photography at the Academy of Fine Arts in Warsaw, graduating with a degree in 2006. After graduation, she began to focus on documentary photography, traveling around Poland to capture the lives of people living in rural areas. Her work has been featured in numerous exhibitions and publications around the world, including The New York Times Magazine, The Guardian, and National Geographic.

In addition to her documentary work, Pospieszynska also creates fine art photographs that explore themes such as identity and memory. Her work has been exhibited at galleries across Europe and North America, including the Museum of Modern Art in Warsaw and the Photographers’ Gallery in London.

Pospieszynska’s work has earned her numerous awards over the years, including a World Press Photo Award for her series “The Other Side of Poland” (2009) and a Hasselblad Masters Award (2013). In 2017 she was named one of PDN’s 30 Emerging Photographers to Watch.

Pospieszynska continues to live and work in Warsaw, where she is currently working on a new project exploring the changing landscape of rural Poland.