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.

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, Winner, Australia

2016 LensCulture Portrait Awards: Single Image Finalist, USA

Exhibitions:

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, collective 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

2018 “Portraits without faces”, PH21 Gallery, Hungary; collective show

2017 8a Mostra SP de Fotografia, São Paulo/Brazil; collective - Retratos pra Yayá series

2017 Mostra de portfólios, Foto em Pauta, Tiradentes Festival, Brazil; collective - Retratos pra Yayá series

2017 Festival Valongo, Santos/Brazil; collective projection with the OLD Magazine curatorship

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

Other publications:

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

Courses and Workshops:

2020 “Afetos” workshop, São Paulo-Brasilia-Ouro Preto/Brazil

2020 “Afetos” workshop, Concepción/Chile