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CAMERIMAGE EXHIBITION OF THE WORK OF RYSZARD
HOROWITZ
Added: 23.10.2014
Municipal Gallery bwa in Bydgoszcz and CAMERIMAGE Festival would like to invite you to
an exhibition of 75 works of Ryszard Horowitz celebrating 75 birthdays of this outstanding
photographer.
„RH75 – a birthday exhibition of Ryszard Horowitz”
Exhibition Grand Opening: Sunday, 16th November, 6 p.m.
Municipal Gallery bwa in Bydgoszcz, Gdańska Street 20
Exhibition open to the public until: 15th February 2015
By courtesy of „Cztery Strony Kultury” Foundation
Ryszard Horowitz was born in Krakow on 5 May 1939. Four months later Poland was invaded
by Nazi Germany, and his whole family was arrested and imprisoned in a number of
concentration camps. They miraculously survived and resettled in Krakow, as one of the few
Jewish families. Horowitz attended the High School of Fine Arts in Krakow, and went on to study
painting at the Academy of Fine Arts in his home city. In 1956, during the brief period of political
and cultural thaw in Poland, the government subsidized new, original forms of artistic expression
and Krakow suddenly became a centre of avant-garde jazz, painting, theatre and film. At the age
of 17 Horowitz made the most of this boom, and as a consequence became fascinated by
American photography.
Ryszard Horowitz, photo by Marta Wojtal
In 1959 Horowitz fulfilled his dream – he emigrated to the United States and enrolled at the
famous Pratt Institute in New York. During his studies he received a scholarship and became an
apprentice to Alexey Brodovitch, one of the key figures of editorial design and photography at the
time. After graduating from the Pratt Institute in 1963, Ryszard Horowitz worked for various film
institutions, as well as design and photography studios. He was an art director for Grey
Advertising, one of the biggest advertising agencies in New York. In November 1967 Horowitz
opened his own photography studio, which he still runs. Photography has been his life passion
and the pivot of his professional career. In the subsequent forty five years his works have been
exhibited, published and collected all over the world. Ryszard Horowitz has received all the
major awards and titles that can be granted to a photographer.
Courtesy of Ryszard Horowitz
Courtesy of Ryszard Horowitz
For the sake of this exhibition, Ryszard Horowitz has cherry-picked 75 of his best and most
renowned works. This exceptional artist makes use of various photographic techniques,
retouching, and multiple exposure of film in the camera or manipulations in the darkroom. His
photographs often depict a fairy-tale-like world, an intriguing play of symbols and images. He is
considered a pioneer of special effects in photography prior to digital imaging. New technologies
allowed Horowitz to obtain similar effects by means of cutting-edge computer techniques and
advanced software, including Photoshop.
Courtesy of Ryszard Horowitz
Courtesy of Ryszard Horowitz
The RH75 exhibition is one of the events celebrating Ryszard Horowitz’s birthday. It will add
splendour to this year’s edition of the CAMERIMAGE Festival. Ryszard Horowitz is one of the
closest friends of the Festival. The posters for the 1994 and 1995 celebrations of cinematography
featured his photocompositions. The artist himself has participated in CAMERIMAGE a number
of times as a member of the jury. This year the photographer will also join our panel of experts
who will select the winner of CAMERIMAGE Main Competition.