Irmina Walczak and Sávio Freire are a Polish-Brazilian couple of photographers, researchers and educators. Parents of three; digital nomads.
Irmina is a PhD in Social Sciences by University of Brasilia and brings to the photography practice of both a visual anthropology approach. Since 2011, they have dedicated themselves to investigation of intimacy, daily life aspects and family relationships. They had developed a body of work about childhood free of technology and close to nature which was published in 2016 in a monograph entitled “Retratos pra Yayá” (Portraits for Yayá).
In 2020 they launched Clan Photo Magazine - an international publication dedicated to the familial and small communities’ photography.
Irmina is a member of TiT Collective and Women Photograph.
Books:
2016 "Retratos pra Yayá", São Paulo, Brazil, ISBN:978-85-922168-0-1.
Prizes:
2021 Revela’t Festival Open Call, Second place, Spain
2021 FotoFestiwal Open Call, Winner, Poland
2020 Meitar Award for Excellence in Photography, Shortlisted, Israel
2018 Head On Photo Awards, First place, Australia
2016 LensCulture Portrait Awards: Single Image Finalist, USA
Exhibitions:
2024 "Photography is everywhere”, FotoFestiwal, Łódź/Poland, collective show Curatorship: M. Szewczyk-Wittek, M.Szymańska & K.Sagatowska
2024 “Przyplyw”/ Tigh high, Ateliê Łazęga Poznańska, Poznań/Poland, TiT Collective show, Curatorship: Irmina Walczak
2021 “Oasis: In our quarantine yard”, Revela’t Festival, Spain, solo show
2021 20th FotoFestiwal, winner of the Open Call, Łódź/Poland, solo show
2020 Photo Israel Festival, finalists of the Meitar Award for Excellence in Photography, Israel, solo show
2020 “Art Remedy” in the Gallery at Seaspice, Miami/USA, collective show
2020 “Corona Call – Photography from Africa & Europe”, Sana Sanaa Foundation - Intercultural Dialogues on Art, Berlin/Gernamy, collective show
2019 “Amamentar”, curator: Lela Beltrão, Teatro FECAP, São Paulo/Brazil, collective show
2019 "Sceny intymne" w Stowarzyszeniu Kamienica 56 in Łodź/Poland, solo show
2018 “New Chic” Open Call, “Anytime, anywhere” series, Riga Photomonth, Estonia, screening
2018 “Portraits without faces”, PH21 Gallery, Hungary; collective show
2017 "Retratos pra Yayá", 8a Mostra SP de Fotografia, São Paulo/Brazil, solo show
2017 "Retratos pra Yayá” Foto em Pauta, Tiradentes Festival, Brazil, mostra de portfólios
2017 Festival Valongo, Santos/Brazil; collective projection with the OLD Magazine curatorship
Other publications:
2024 Magazyn Pismo #79
2023 Doc! Photo Magazine #48 Health ISSN: 2299-2855
2021 Vogue Poland
2021 Gazeta Wyborcza
2021 Mauer Analog Photography Magazine, The Intimate Issue 4, ISBN: 2618-463X, pp.80-81, 134, Spain
2020 Eyeshot Magazine, “The Mirror” issue, pp.67, Italy
2020 C41 Magazine, “In contact with nature” about Oasis: In our quarantine yard series, available on https://www.c41magazine.com/irmina-walczak-oasis-in-our-quarantine-yard-photography/
2019 Missy Magazine, #02/19, Dossier: Let me sleep, pp: 58, Germany
2017 Newsweek, 46/2017, 6-12.11.2017, "Wojny matek", pp: 30-34, Poland
2017 Gazeta Wyborcza
2017 The Best of Lens Culture, vol.1, pp:44, USA
2017 OLD No 66, pp: 18-33 and the cover, Brazil
2017 "Full Circle", ISBN: 9781389152634, USA
2017 Vida simples, abril, pp:27, Brazil
2017 The long way home, Volume IX: {Crossroads}, USA
2016 Revue 6Mois, "Photo du lundi”, France
Lectures:
2020 “Moja fotografia dokumentalna”, Family Unposed Congress, Cracow/Poland
2020 “Autenticidad - un camino possible”, Magia: la emoción visual Congress, Concepción/Chile
2018 “Rodzina i pamięć: analizy społeczno- kulturowe oparte na konkretnych doświadczeniach fotograficznych”, meeting at the Institute of Iberian and Iberoamerican Studies, Warsaw University/Poland
2017 Book launch and signature of "Retratos pra Yayá", Paris Photo, France
2017 "Challenges of a crowdfunding campaign for the publication of a photo book", 8th Photography Book Fair in Lisbon, Portugal
2017 "Linguagem autoral na fotografia de família", Wedding Brazil, São Paulo/Brazil
2017 Book launch and signature of "Retratos pra Yayá", Centro Europeu, Curitiba/Brazil
2017 Book launch and signature of "Retratos pra Yayá", Galeria do Lab Aberto, Fábrica Bhering, Rio de Janeiro/Brazil
2016 Book launch and signature of "Retratos pra Yayá", Espaço f/508, Brasilia/Brazil
2016 "Um outro olhar sobre a fotografia de família", Conferência Lampião, Campos dos Goytacazes/Brazil
2016 "A beleza da simplicidade", Congresso Fotografar, São Paulo/Brazil
2016 "Infância livre em fotografias", Cotidiano Criativo, Brasília/Brazil
2015 Congresso Fotografar Talks, São Paulo/Brazil
2015 Quintas no Quintal, Espaço F/508 de Fotografia, Brasília/Brazil
Courses and Workshops:
2020 “Afetos” workshop, São Paulo-Brasilia-Ouro Preto/Brazil
2020 “Afetos” workshop, Concepción/Chile
2018 “Proyecto personal”, online course on Hello Creatividad platform, Spain
2016 - 2017 “Linguagem autoral na fotografia de família”, Aracaju-Belo Horizonte-São Paulo-Curitiba-Rio de Janeiro/Brazil
2016 “Linguagem autoral nos retratos de família” - 2 editions, Espaço F/508 de Fotografia, Brasília/Brazil
2015-2016 “Welcome home” 2 days lasting workshop - 8 editions, Brasília/Brazil
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