Analiza fotograficznego medium w cyklu autoportretów Pawła Żaka pt. Bliski znajomy
The analysis of the photographic medium in a series of self-portraits entitled “A Close Acquaintance” by Paweł Żak

Summary/Abstract: The aim of this article is commentary on Paweł Żak’s photographic series entitled A Close Acquaintance and, through this, to reveal the essence of photography as a cultural phenomenon. Paweł Żak is an artist, for whom the documentary character of photography is not sufficient. He uses the mirror as a a metaphor to show the game between the person and his mirrored image, as in the case of photographs. All series constitute a parable of an internal dialogue of the human with himself. They constitute a story about both a man in general, and about the artist and his tool, photography.

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