Quick Facts
Biography
Adam Lach ( born in 1983 in Poznan) is a Polish photographer. He is based in Warsaw, Poland. Co-founder of Napo Images and vice president of Napo Foundation. He photographed for The New York Times, “Le Monde”, “GEO”, "The New Yorker", "Vice". Winner of photo contests including Pictures of the Year International and International Photography Awards. His photo essays were shown on international exhibitions, including Polka Galerie at HSBC in Paris, the Prague Biennale, World Photojournalism Festival in Beijing. In years 2010-2012 he taught two subjects (“Press Photography” and “Reportage and New Media”) at the Institute of Journalism at the University of Warsaw. Lach concentrates primarily on long-term documentary projects. In his photographs he focuses his attention on people, relationships, emotions and intimacy. He aims to create a genuine story, unaffected by artificial peripeteia, but marked by the author's interpretation of the portrayed reality.
Books
- Neverland
- Stigma
Awards
- 2017 - Photobook of the Year for book "Neverland" - Grand Press Photo, Warsaw, Poland
- 2014 – Winner of Beata Pawlak literary Award for Book Stigma organized by Stefan Batory Foundation
- (Prize reserved for literature, which for the first time, in the history, was given to a photobook)
- 2014 – IPA 1st Prize Winner for Book Stigma in Self Published Professional category
- 2014 – Picture of the Year, Award of Excellence in Issue Reporting Picture Story for Stigma project
- 2011 – II prize in category Sport for single image “Sumo Twins” in Grand Press Photo
- 2010 – II prize in category Nature for picture story “The ecological Tragedy in Poland” in the BZWBK Press Photo contest
- 2009 – Honorable mention for picture story “Sacred Refuge” in the BZWBK Press Photo contest
- 2008 – Second Prize for the reportage “The Capital” in category Daily Life in the Newsreportage contest of the “Newsweek Polska”
- 2008 – Second Prize for the reportage “The Children of Bermuda Triangle” in category People in the Newsreportage contest of the “Newsweek Polska”
- 2008 – Third Prize for the reportage „8 Photographs of Warsaw” in the category „Civilisation” in the BZ WBK Press Photo Contest
- 2008 – Second Prize for the reportage „Bogdan Zietek – the Sculptor” in the category „Portrait” in the BZ WBK Press Photo Contest
- 2007 – Third Prize for the reportage „Yorkland” in the category „Culture” in the Newsreportaz Contest of the „Newsweek Polska"
- 2007 – Special Award of the „Rzeczpospolita” daily for „Suzuki Method” in the BZ WBK Press Photo Contest
- 2007 – First Prize for the reportage „World Hairdressing Centre” in the category „Civilisation” in the BZ WBK Press Photo Contest
- 2007 – First Prize for the reportage „Suzuki Method” in the category „Society” in the BZ WBK Press Photo Contest
- 2007 – Second Prize for the reportage „Suzuki Method” in the category „Culture and Art” Press Photography Contest
- 2007 – Third Prize for the reportage „World Hairdressing Centre” in the category „Contemporary Concerns” in the Press Photography Contest