Video: https://vimeo.com/184076364 (by Piotr Zbierski)
"Photo book ‘Push the Sky Away’ is a triptych, with each part of the work the consequence of what has gone before, as well as leading on to the next. It is a creative path that has given me an interest in the primeval cultures from which our own cultural codes have grown.
As a consequence I attempt to extract an underlying structure, which I believe is unchanging and unchanged. My feeling is that this lies within the tradition of the emotions, rituals, and behaviour – elements which are shared in common across all cultures, and to which photography has access." (© Piotr ZBIERSKI)
"'Push the Sky Away' is Piotr ZBIERSKI’s first major publication.
Presented as a triptych, it is comprised of series which closely interrelate so that in each what has gone before leads on to the next, creating a sense of continuity and structure.
ZBIERSKI’s aim is to draw out what he sees as an underlying structure to human existence – something unchanged and unchanging. He believes that this lies within the emotions, and in our traditions of behaviour and ritual – elements shared across all cultures.
ZBIERSKI explores the expression of emotions and questions to what extent they can alter reality. In this, he is particularly fascinated by chance encounters. He takes the role of an impartial observer – fleeting encounters with strangers – without prior knowledge of his subjects – enable him to see what is pure and essential: people and their entire world of emotions.
In the words of ZBIERSKI, ‘I chose photography because it lets me get very close to people. It is the only medium with a directness that lets me show the existence of the imagination in the real world.’
In his images, he concentrates on faces, gestures, the expression of feelings and relationships. His aim is not primarily to seek originality but rather authenticity. They depict scenes from the heart of life itself, captured at a wide variety of locations with the majority shot on travels through Eastern Europe and India." (publisher's note, © Dewi Lewis, 2016)
About the photographer, Piotr ZBIERSKI (*1985)::
A photographer and traveller, Piotr ZBIERSKI originally studied at the Polish National Film, Television and Theatre School in Lodz.
He was awarded the prestigious LEICA Oskar Barnack Newcomer Award in 2012 and chosen to be part of 'Regeneration3' exhibition at the Musée de l’Elysée in 2015.
His work is now beginning to be widely exhibited internationally and he is viewed as one of the most interesting of a new generation of image makers working within photography.
"Photo book ‘Push the Sky Away’ is a triptych, with each part of the work the consequence of what has gone before, as well as leading on to the next. It is a creative path that has given me an interest in the primeval cultures from which our own cultural codes have grown.
As a consequence I attempt to extract an underlying structure, which I believe is unchanging and unchanged. My feeling is that this lies within the tradition of the emotions, rituals, and behaviour – elements which are shared in common across all cultures, and to which photography has access." (© Piotr ZBIERSKI)
"'Push the Sky Away' is Piotr ZBIERSKI’s first major publication.
Presented as a triptych, it is comprised of series which closely interrelate so that in each what has gone before leads on to the next, creating a sense of continuity and structure.
ZBIERSKI’s aim is to draw out what he sees as an underlying structure to human existence – something unchanged and unchanging. He believes that this lies within the emotions, and in our traditions of behaviour and ritual – elements shared across all cultures.
ZBIERSKI explores the expression of emotions and questions to what extent they can alter reality. In this, he is particularly fascinated by chance encounters. He takes the role of an impartial observer – fleeting encounters with strangers – without prior knowledge of his subjects – enable him to see what is pure and essential: people and their entire world of emotions.
In the words of ZBIERSKI, ‘I chose photography because it lets me get very close to people. It is the only medium with a directness that lets me show the existence of the imagination in the real world.’
In his images, he concentrates on faces, gestures, the expression of feelings and relationships. His aim is not primarily to seek originality but rather authenticity. They depict scenes from the heart of life itself, captured at a wide variety of locations with the majority shot on travels through Eastern Europe and India." (publisher's note, © Dewi Lewis, 2016)
About the photographer, Piotr ZBIERSKI (*1985)::
A photographer and traveller, Piotr ZBIERSKI originally studied at the Polish National Film, Television and Theatre School in Lodz.
He was awarded the prestigious LEICA Oskar Barnack Newcomer Award in 2012 and chosen to be part of 'Regeneration3' exhibition at the Musée de l’Elysée in 2015.
His work is now beginning to be widely exhibited internationally and he is viewed as one of the most interesting of a new generation of image makers working within photography.
- Ed(s)/Author(s)
- Eleonora Jedlinska
- Book design
- Bartłomiej TALAGA
- Format
- English ed.! HC (no dust jacket, as issued), 21 x 28 x 2,5 cm., 238 pp. (+2 insert booklets of 16 pp.), 156 color & duotone plates, text language: English - Also to order: the French ed.