Polish Fashion Photographer Shares His Secrets

If there is one thing that self-taught photographer Lukasz Wierzbowski has learned in his 27 years, it’s that sometimes you have to do a little, or, a lot of what you don’t like, to figure out what you do like.

A second might be that boredom and curiosity are, at times, a winning combination.

A young – er – younger Lukasz bounced around between many life paths in his college daze. He entertained the idea of studying art history, as he always felt some magnetism toward the subject. Instead of picking up a paint brush, he found a curiosity for periodontal probes, and pursued his study in dentistry. Soon boredom kicked in, and Lukasz opted for another doctor-related field, finding a new path of study in psychology. Through his years of schooling, Lukasz would become aware of his one true passion – photography – something that had not changed since his childhood.

Instead of changing his major again, he continued on with psychology, but made time to snap photos when he could, and get back in touch with to his inner-child. As he tells it, ‘my father introduced me to photography when I was still a kid. Afterward, I had like ten years break, and was doing different stuff. I came back to photography probably three years ago. I remember in high school, I was very much into making short movies with VHS camera. After few years I got bored with it and switched to photography.’

Call it humble or uncertain, Lukasz has a hard time accepting the title as ‘photographer’, ‘but’ he says, ‘I’m getting used to it, just as I did with being called dental technician and psychologist. I’m usually trying to avoid labels of any kind.’ When asked what kind of photographer he might be, he offered he was ‘probably considered a portrait photographer.’ And lucky for us, Lukasz admits ‘I wasn’t sure about which pictures to pick [for the story] as I don’t really have the favorites, so instead I prepared a little selection of unpublished photos just for you. I hope you will be able to pick something you like.’ It was tough, Lukasz, but our selects are after the jump.

Making plans of moving someplace else, Lukasz currently lives and works out of Wroclaw, Poland. So, will Lukasz stick with photography? We hope so, but no one can be sure. The truth is, if Lukasz Wierzbowski had it his way, he’d be ‘a rock star, in some really cool indie band. His instrument? A tambourine. ‘I always wanted to play tambourine in a band’ he says. ‘Maybe one day.’

Why do you shoot?

It gives me pure joy.

What kind of equipment do you use?
I use a Canon Elan II, Canon Rebel K2 and Olympus Mju II.

What do you love shooting the most?
People that I care about.

Who are your Favourite Photographers?
Guy Bourdin, William Eggleston, Wolfgang Tillmans.

And your muses?
Many. Everyone I worked with so far was a huge source of inspiration for me.

What was your very worst shoot experience ever?
It was freezing cold winter day, river bank. We have managed to shoot only for 15 minutes, still few really nice shoots came out of it.

And your favorite shoot experience?
Still ahead of me.

What is your dream shoot?
It’s beyond my imagination.

What defines the perfect picture?
Well, it doesn’t really exist, and that’s whats so great about it.

Hilary Lauren Fox
		About the author:
		Sometimes she's a redhead, sometimes she's a blonde. Some days it's H&M, and on other days, it's Chanel. What ever the mood, she is a woman who is passionate about the arts, fashion and social media. Born in Toronto, Hilary Lauren Fox is an only child to artist parents - mom was an illustrator and pattern maker, dad was a painter.  Rather then studying the arts as her parents hoped for, Hilary opted for a degree in psychology with dreams of working in a clinical setting. But after graduating she realized that the apple doesn't fall far from the tree and that the arts was in her blood, applying her education within the art and fashion world.
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