Tomasz Młynarczyk

Tomasz Młynarczyk, 2024 / Photo by Sylwia Filipiak

Tomasz Młynarczyk (born in 1971 in Radzyń Podlaski) - a Polish artist photographer. He is the founder of the Radzyń Photography Club KLATKA (Polish: Radzyński Klub Fotograficzny KLATKA), the member of the Association of Polish Art Photographers (Polish: Związek Polskich Artystów Fotografików - ZPAF) of the Lublin district.

Tomasz Młynarczyk is not only a photographer, but he is also an organiser and co-organiser of cultural events in the area. He works at the Radzyń Cultural Centre (Polish: Radzyński Ośrodek Kultury) as a culture instructor. He deals with the popularisation of culture and art.

Life

In 2002, he founded the Radzyń Photography Club KLATKA.

In 2004, he received the Photographer of the Year 2003 award from the Polish Nature Photographers’ Union.

In 2011, he was one of the founders and members of the Creative Group MOTYCZ.

In March 2016, he was accepted to the Association of Polish Art Photographers as the first member coming from Radzyń Podlaski.

In 2017, he started his work at the Radzyń Cultural Centre as a culture instructor.

In 2024, he became the author and coordinator of the Eastern Photography Festival (Polish: Wschodni Festiwal Fotografii).

Photographic career

Tomasz Młynarczyk’s self-portrait taken at night in the Potocki Palace in Radzyń Podlaski / Photo by Tomasz Młynarczyk

Tomasz Młynarczyk is considered to be the first artist photographer in the history of Radzyń Podlaski.

He took up photography professionally in 1999.

In 2019, as the summary of twenty years of his creative work, the Polish Post memorialised the anniversary with limited-edition stamp collection with his photographs depicting Radzyń Podlaski, Lublin and Kazimierz Dolny.

He often touched upon sacred themes in his works. As a photographer, he cooperated with the Catholic Information Agency. His another professional experience was participating in the works of several photography competition juries.

Photography subjects and specialisation

The most common subjects of his photography include:

• abstraction
• architecture
• document
• landscape
• still life
• portrait
• industry
• nature
• reportage

The limited-edition stamp collection with his photographs depicting Radzyń Podlaski, Lublin and Kazimierz Dolny as the summary of 20 years of his creative work / Photo by Sylwia Filipiak

Tomasz Młynarczyk specialises in:

• digital image processing
• microscopic photography
• macroscopic photography
• occasional photography
• pinhole photography
• theatre photography
• film photography
• music photography
• photo editing
• classic black and white technique
• electronic publications
• alternative techniques
• printed publications

Source:

The Radzyń Photography Club KLATKA (English: THE FRAME)

Photography workshops conducted by Tomasz Młynarczyk. Here in the Potocki Palace in Radzyń Podlaski / Photo by Sylwia Filipiak

In 2002, he founded the Radzyń Photography Club KLATKA, which initially operated at the Radzyń Cultural Centre (Polish: Radzyński Ośrodek Kultury - ROK), and then at the Radzyń Association of Local Initiatives (Polish: Radzyńskie Stowarzyszenie Inicjatyw Lokalnych - RaSIL).

Currently, the meetings and classes are held again at the Radzyń Cultural Centre.

Tomasz Młynarczyk serves as the club's Chairperson, organising and conducting i.a. thematic photography workshops, The Photo of the Month competition, exhibitions, events, monthly meetings of its members and weekly ROK (Polish: Radzyński Ośrodek Kultury) with photography workshops for beginners and non-professional photographers of all ages.

The Association of Polish Art Photographers

Tomasz Młynarczyk is the first photographer from Radzyń Podlaski, who became the member of the Association of Polish Art Photographers (Polish: Związek Polskich Artystów Fotografików - ZPAF). In 2016 he came forth with the conceptual photography work  Tangents – the third dimension of photography (Polish: Styczne – trzeci wymiar fotografii). After presenting the collection of photographs entitled Adam’s rib (Żebro Adama) as a complementary work, he was joined to the Association of Polish Art Photographers, receiving the card number 1183. In the years 2017 – 2020, he served as the chairperson of the Lublin District.

The most important awards and achievements

The Dragonfly by Tomasz Młynarczyk, one of his winning photographs in The Photographer of the Year 2023 contest / Photo by Tomasz Młynarczyk

Tomasz Młynarczyk's The Radzyń Bachelor 2014 award / Photo by Tomasz Młynarczyk

Tomasz Młynarczyk is the award winner of many national and international contests.

In 2004, he received the award and title of The Photographer of the Year 2003 for the entire entry, which included the photographs: The Stork, The Shell, The Feathers-1, The Feathers-2, The Feathers-3, The Feathers-4, The Dragonfly and The Eclipse.

In 2014, after publishing the Józef Karłowicz’s Suitcase album together with Dominika Leszczyńska, he was awarded the title of The Radzyń Bachelor 2014. Their work was chosen as the best historical work with the scientific character.

In 2019, he became a scholar of the Ministry of Culture and National Heritage.

In 2019, he took the second place in the local competition organised by the Centre for the Meeting of Cultures in Lublin for his photograph St. Anne's Chapel (Kaplica Św. Anny).

In 2021, he became a scholar of the Marshal of the Lublin Voivodeship.

Exhibitions and publications

Tomasz Młynarczyk's article and photographs in Kraina Bugu magazine / Photo by Sylwia Filipiak

His photographs have been published in many magazines, weeklies, albums and books, including the Cultural Quarterly Kozirynek , Kraina Bugu or Grot .

Tomasz Młynarczyk's pictures were also used on local postcards and as CD covers

In addition, he is the author and co-author of photography exhibitions - individual and collective. He was successful in some national and foreign post-competition exhibitions (for instance in France and Hungary).

Many of his works can be found in state collections (for example, at the Zbigniew Raszewski Theatre Institute in Warsaw, the Hieronim Łopaciński Provincial Public Library in Lublin, the State Archives in Lublin department in Radzyń Podlaski, the Municipal Library in Radzyń Podlaski) special collections (the Chancellery of the President of the Republic of Poland) and in private collections in Poland (for example at Józef Hen's) and abroad (in Ukraine, Hungary, England, USA, France and more). Tomasz Młynarczyk has participated in over 150 collective exhibitions in Poland and abroad (Hungary, France).

Tomasz Młynarczyk during the opening of the display In the Field of the View of the Radzyń Photography Club KLATKA on the opening day of the Potocki Palace in Radzyń Podlaski on 17th March 2024 / Photo by Sylwia Filipiak

Individual exhibitions (miscellany)

• Where’s the Palace? (Gdzie jest pałac?)
• Structures, Textures, Forms (Struktury, faktury, formy)
• Radzyń, 7 o’clock (Radzyń 7.00)
• The Eastern Orthodoxy (Prawosławie)
• The Archive – Form and Chiaroscuro (Archiwum – forma i światłocień)
• The Ball (Bal)
• The Carpet Hanger (Trzepak)
• The Last Showing (Ostatni seans)
• Adam’s Rib (Żebro Adama)
• Trisomy 21 (Trisomia 21)
• In Memoriam (In memoriam)
• May Religious Services (Majówki)
• The Purgatory (Czyściec)
• The Light and the Darkness (Światło i mrok)

Photofragments and Radzyń Podlaski. The New is Beautiful and the Old is Full of Secrets albums / Photo by Sylwia Filipiak

Publications and albums

Authorship:

• Radzyń in Tomasz Młynarczyk's Photography (Radzyń w fotografii Tomasza Młynarczyka)
• To My Eye (Na moje oko)

  

  The Traces of Faith and May Religious Services albums / Photo by Sylwia Filipiak

• The Roadside Sacrum (Sacrum przydrożne)
• Theatre in Theatre (Teatr w teatrze)
• Photofragments (Fotofragmenty)
• The Traces of Faith (Ślady wiary)
• May Religious Services (Majówki)

Coauthorship:

• Tyśmienica Valley (Dolina Tyśmienicy)
• Kock in Photography (Kock w fotografii)
• Józef Karłowicz’s Suitcase (Walizka Józefa Karłowicza)
• Twentieth Anniversary of the Beatification of the Martyrs of Pratulin (Dwudziestolecie Beatyfikacji Męczenników z Pratulina)
• Janów Podlaski in the History of the Siedlce Diocese. Jubilee Edition (Janów Podlaski w dziejach Diecezji Siedleckiej. Wydanie Jubileuszowe)
• Strong in Faith and Love of Mary. Anniversary edition (Mocni wiarą i miłością Maryi. Wydanie Jubileuszowe)
• Radzyń Podlaski. The New is Beautiful and the Old is Full of Secrets (Radzyń Podlaski. Nowy jest piękny, a stary pełen tajemnic)
• Arti Sentemo - Chamber Accordion Orchestra (Arti Sentemo – Kameralna Orkiestra Akordeonowa)
• Nature in the City of Radzyń Podlaski. Ecological Education (Przyroda w mieście Radzyń Podlaski. Edukacja Ekologiczna)

External links

• Pierwsze warsztaty fotograficzne Tomka Młynarczyka
• Trzeciomajowe święto w obiektywie Tomasza Młynarczyka
• Radzyńskie Spotkania z Podróżnikami. Wykaz uhonorowanych medalem
• Zobaczcie jak wyglądają Warsztaty Fotograficzne z Tomkiem Młynarczykiem