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Did you know that Walery Rzewuski’s atelier — photo laboratories in the second half of the 19th century Walery Rzewuski’s atelier was one of the most famous photo laboratories in the2nd half of the 19th century in Kraków. The atelier was fully equipped and the owner’s fame, resulting in financial success, allowed him to build a house which was a part of a photographic entourage, and which was arranged with great care. The residence with a garden at Kolejowa Street in Kraków (today’s Westerplatte Street) was designed according to the latest architectural trends. |
Did you know that How were autochromes made? How were autochromes made? It was a process that consisted in producing colour photographs on glass plates, as diapositives invented on 17 December 1903 by Louis and August Lumière who improved the technology in the following years and launched the mass production of autochrome plates... |
Did you know that Jan Motyka Jan Motyka (1924–2005) — krakowski artysta fotograf. W Muzeum Historii Fotografii w Krakowie przechowuje się jego obszerną spuściznę, udokumentowaną katalogami około 200 wystaw w Polsce, dyplomami z konkursów międzynarodowych (Polska, Rumunia, Francja, Wielka Brytania, Hiszpania, USA, Singapur... |
Did you know that Pseudo-solarisation Pseudo-solarisation is associated with the Sabatier effect and is visually similar to solarisation. It is characterized by a partial reversal of the negative image to the positive one under the influence of additional—even illumining—photosensitive material during the development. |
Did you know that How was the three-dimensional effect obtained in the 19th century? Stereoscopic photography was the first three-dimensional photography in history. It developed after 1851. Then, it was demonstrated for the first time at the London World Exposition, where spatial photographs aroused the delight of Queen Victoria. From that time on, stereoscopic photography became the entertainment of the bourgeoisie, and it was not until the 1930s—when fascination with film and radio began—that stereoscopy was reduced to the role of a children's toy. |
Did you know that Fotografia Wyspiańskiego i Mehoffera W zbiorach Muzeum Ziemi Bieckiej znajduje się unikalne zdjęcie z 1889 roku, przedstawiające studentów drugiego roku ówczesnej Szkoły Sztuk Pięknych (dzisiejszej Akademii Sztuk Pięknych) w Krakowie podczas wyprawy naukowej po ziemi sądeckiej i bieckiej pod kierownictwem prof. Władysława Łuszczkiewicza. |
Did you know that Amalia Krieger, photographer “She was known in broad communities by artists and citizens both in Kraków and throughout Poland. She was widely liked for her personality and artistic background... |
Did you know that The third dimension of the 19th century 19th century inventors sought for a method to render three-dimensionality of space; stereoscopic photography was one of such attempts. The technique consisted in taking two photographs from two various points of view. A print included two seemingly identical pictures... |
Did you know that O początkach techniki fotograficznej W historii techniki fotograficznej pojawia się wiele rozwiązań pozwalających usprawnić proces fotografowania. Pierwsze metody otrzymywania negatywów fotograficznych (z lat 50-tych XIX wieku) wymagały stosowania płyt szklanych powleczonych warstwą kolodionu, który w momencie wykonywania zdjęć... |
Did you know that Wiesław Tomaszkiewicz — fotograf, operator, taternik... W zbiorach Muzeum Historii Fotografii znajduje się wiele zdjęć cenionego fotografa i operatora filmowego, Wiesława Tomaszkiewicza. Urodził się 1 lipca 1924 roku w Nowym Sączu, zmarł w 2009 roku. Był magistrem filologii orientalnej, operatorem filmowym — wykonywał zdjęcia do filmów dokumentalnych — fotografem, taternikiem... |
 KwieKulik, “Actions with a Tube” The series of photographs is a record of one of numerous actions that the two artists carried out in their own flat. It took place in August 1975, with the participation of Przemysław Kwiek’s sister Zofia Kulik and the artists’ son – Maksymilian Dobromierz. A cardboard tube was the centre of the action. It had been made to order as an advertising prop; after the action it went to the client. |
Did you know that Reflex cameras — how do they work? The idea of placing a movable mirror in the camera, allowing for the projection of the image from the lens onto the horizontally mounted focusing screen, was first attempted at the turn of the 1850s and 1860s. At the end of the 19th century, many companies began to manufacture cameras that used a mirror which allowed... |
 Stereoscope viewer from Austro-Hungary The stereoscopic viewer of Brewster’s system for stereoscopic photos (slides), in the single 7 x 7 cm image format, was manufactured in Austria-Hungary in the early twentieth century... |
 “The main gate to Henryk Jordan’s Park” The photograph shows the main gate of the Henryk Jordan park in Kraków. In the foreground, the road has been flattened (currently, 3 May Avenue), behind which there is a wooden bridge on the River Rudawa. Next, we see a tall wooden gate, with the inscription: Miejski/ Park Dra Jordana. In the background, on the left, a wooden pavilion designated the main pavilion... |
 “The Lajkonik is offered a treat in front of the Town Hall” Lajkonik is photographed slightly from the bottom, framing the torso, turned to the right. He is holding a cup in his hand; he is receiving something to drink. The City Hall is visible in the background. The photograph was taken in the 1960s or 70s. It belongs to a series of five photos by the same author... |
 Volker Hildebrandt, series “Popes”: “Pope: comes”, “Pope: goes”, “Popes” A Volker Hildebrandt series of works titled Popes came into being as a result of transforming a picture that already existed in the visual sphere. In this case, it was three parts of a documentary film: the appointment of Karol Wojtyła as Pope, the administration of Holy Communion by John Paul II to Joseph Ratzinger, and the Pope bestowing a blessing from a window of the Papal Apartments towards the end of his life. The artist breaks the shots down into their constituent parts, showing a given event frame by frame. |
 Photograph “Portrait of Karol Wojtyła Senior” Portraits of loved ones (including Emilia Wojtyła) hung on a wall in a flat in Wadowice; then they got to 10 Tyniecka Street, where Karol Wojtyła and his father settled in after Karol’s final school examinations. The portraits were silent witnesses of traumatic events. One day when Karol came home, he found his father’s dead body. After this experience it was very difficult for him to return to the flat. |
Did you know that Gallery of enthusiasts and collectors The collection of Małopolska’s Virtual Museums is not only composed of extremely valuable objects but also very common things of everyday use, important mainly because they are traces of old practises, customs, coding an image of a world which is already gone. |
 “The artist's table” (“Today is My Birthday”, 1990) The Artist’s table is a unique object, created for the performance, Today is my birthday, at the Cricot 2 Theatre, on which the artist worked, from October 1989 to early December 1990. Tadeusz Kantor died after one of the last rehearsals of the performance, on 8 December 1990. The premiere took place shortly after, in January 1991, at Théâtre Garonne in Toulouse; then, the performance was shown in 22 cities around the world until June 1992. |
 Photograph “Church in Mistrzejowice” by Stanisław Gawliński Nowa Huta was exceptionally fortunate as it was home to a multitude of excellent photographers. Some of them had been resident in the district almost from the first day of its creation. Others were attracted by ‘constructionalism’ or simply were given a flat here. Even more photographers followed, in order to fulfil the assignments of the editorial offices or to find interesting topics, plenty of which Nowa Huta had to offer. |
