Kazimierz on the Vistula River in 1931 in 18 photograms by B. J. Dorys. 1979. with the photographer's dedication to L....

DORYS Benedykt Jerzy - Kazimierz on the Vistula River in 1931. 18 photograms ... (Selection). Warsaw 1979, Pracownie Sztuk Plastycznych. 4, pp. [4], plates 18. folder broch.
Portfolio spine slightly cracked, portfolio slightly rubbed, otherwise very good condition. On the title page the author's handwritten dedication to Leonard Sempoliński (1902-1988 - also an outstanding photographer) - "To Lolk in memory of the battles we fought together for ZPAF". Introductory text by Romuald Klosiewicz. Editorial elaboration by Henryk W. Piekarniak. Photographic reproductions of the author's originals were made by the PSP Photo Studio. Edition of 300 copies. Titles of individual photos: "Conversation I", "Conversation II", "Gypsy concert", "Gypsy band", "Backyard", Family", "In front of the store", "Shopik I", "Shopik II", "Shopik III", "At the market", "Children I", "Children II", "Children III", "Roofs", "Market", "Old woman", "Fair". The photograms depict the everyday life of a Jewish town, the stalls of small traders, the atmosphere of courtyards, the silhouettes of children. It is a beautiful picture of customs today that is already unique.
B. J. Dorys, owner of Rotenberg (1901-1990) - prominent Polish photographer. He ran the most popular portrait atelier in Warsaw until the second half of the l. 1980s. Photographer of the "great social world", actors, well-known figures of science, culture and politics. Author of extremely valuable photographs of Kazimierz on the Vistula River (taken in 1931 and 1932), which became an event in the field of documentary photography and is considered the first Polish photographic reportage. Co-founder of ZPAF.