Kacper Kowalski discovered flying 20 years ago –
approximately at the same time as photography. As a paraglider, a pilot of small aircrafts and a gyrocoptor, he
would fly into the air with an engine strapped to his back to discover the
world of form, shape and pattern that revealed solely in front of his eyes.
From 150 meters above the ground level, the landscape he saw and captured on
his camera was turning into abstract images that he chose to see. The quest of
discovery of every next photograph made flying a drug, and a camera was an
excuse to explore the endlessness in the air – the state of non-being, both
exciting and meditative.
In 2015 something changed – he felt that the quest
of discovery was over: not only because his eye seemed to could have been
easily replaced with a camera attached to the drone, but also because his
artistic signature that defined him over the years of successful career did not
to satisfy him anymore. This is when “OVER” began. In the winter of 2016
Kowalski found himself in the air again – this time to begin a journey into the
unknown: and instead of looking for images, he was guided by emotions. Rising
in the frosty, winter air, he was suspended in time and space, reaching a new
point of view and images that beyond patterns, shapes and colors communicate a
state of mind: “An eternal quest for a world that would belong to nobody but me. Searching for a form
which only imply the content. Which guides without defining. It doesn’t matter
what I see when looking, but what I
feel.”
Kacper
Kowalski was born in 1977. With a degree in architecture, he designed
buildings
for four long years. And then quit this job turning instead to flying and
photography. His
images have received awards and honourable mentions in
numerous
contests, including the World Press Photo Award (2009, 2014, 2015),
Picture
of the Year International (69POYi, 71POYi) and many more. His works
are
available
worldwide at the galleries in New York, Los Angeles, Paris, Berlin,
Frankfurt,
Vienna, Copenhagen, Moscow and many more. Panos Pictures agency
represents
him for editorials. He lives and works in Gdynia.
photos and texts: Kacper Kowalski
graphic design: Anna Nałęcka – Milach / Tapir Book Design
size: 235x310mm
no. of pages: 98
cover: soft
edition: 800
special edition: 50
1st edition, Gdynia 2017
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