Czas rewolucji. Fotografia prasowa na Śląsku od 1989 roku do współczesności na podstawie dwóch największych dzienników regionalnych: „Dziennika Zachodniego” i „Trybuny Śląskiej”
The Time of Revolution. Silesian Press Photography since 1989 on the Example of Two Most Influential Regional Newspapers “Dziennik Zachodni” and “Trybuna Śląska”

Author(s): Arkadiusz Gola
Subject(s): Photography
Published by: Wydawnictwo Uniwersytetu Śląskiego
Keywords: press; photojournalist; media; publication;photography;
Summary/Abstract: The revolution in the contemporary history of press in Poland arguably began with the fall of Worker Publishing Cooperative “Press – Book – Movement” in March 1990. The market of newspapers in Katowice region, as it was called back then, recognised two entirely new periodic publications. Along with Gazeta Wyborcza, Kurier Zachodni was founded in 1990. Many ambitious photographers decided then to join the editorial teams all across the region, including such figures as Rafał Klimkiewicz, Michał Szalast, Roman Koszowski, Arkadiusz Ławrywianiec, Arkadiusz Gola, Tomasz Jodłowski, Karina Trojok, Eliza Oleksy, Michał Oleksy, Marta Błażejowska, Jacenty Dędek, Ireneusz Dorożański, Grzegorz Celejewski, Andrzej Grygiel, Robert Krzanowski, or Waldemar Kompała, to mention a few. In the following years, this group of ambitious photojournalists from the Upper Silesia region established their position and participated in various prestigious exhibitions and contests in Poland. During their career, they observed the crucial events in regional, local, and global history. Even though nowadays the specificity of photojournalism has changed significantly, the sense of purpose – that is, the pursuit of the possibly best shot – still remains the same.

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