Marcin Stawiarz

Biography

Marcin Stawiarz was born in 1981 in Czestochowa, Poland. In 2006 he obtained a master's degree as a computer scientist in economics. Also he was a student at the Warsaw Photographic School, where he had the opportunity to meet many amazing photographers and their works.

In last few years he received prizes in international photographic contests such as: Best Young Photographer on Venice International Photography Contest 2007 (Venice, Italy), IPA Architectural Photographer of the Year 2008 (Los Angeles, USA,) , and he is a Grand Prize winner of Image International 2009 contest in Canada. His photographs were published in photographic magazines in several countries: Taiwan (Idea Photos), India (Asian Photography), United Arab Emirates (Soura Magzine), England (Practical Photographer and Digital SLR Photo) and the Asian Photography (India).

Currently, he is represented by Art Gallery Ryf in Zurich and Kontemplacje Gallery in Warsaw. Over the last few years his works have been presented at numerous international exhibitions, in Italy, Switzerland, England, USA, Czech Republic and Poland. In 2008 he created online photographic magazine - Neutral Density.