Though photography began for Piotr Malecki as a way of filling the slack hours after school it soon developed into a full-blown passion, and completely defined his professional life.
Choosing first to study film-making at Silesian University in Katowice, Piotr then moved to the UK to study photography in Bournemouth, returning to Poland as a staff photographer for the weekly news magazine Wprost. He soon recognized that in order to tell stories of importance, and to satiate his wanderlust he needed to go freelance, a decision which has taken him across Europe, Russia, China, Palestine, and the USA.
In addition to photography, Piotr is seriously involved in creating multimedia projects. His video A Thousand More, which was shot in New York won first prize in FotoWeek DC’s 2011 Documentary and Experimental category.
Piotr’s work has been published in Stern, Der Spiegel, Newsweek, Time, The New York Times, IHT, Business Week, Forbes, The Guardian, Financial Times, Polityka (Poland), and National Geographic Poland.
Choosing first to study film-making at Silesian University in Katowice, Piotr then moved to the UK to study photography in Bournemouth, returning to Poland as a staff photographer for the weekly news magazine Wprost. He soon recognized that in order to tell stories of importance, and to satiate his wanderlust he needed to go freelance, a decision which has taken him across Europe, Russia, China, Palestine, and the USA.
In addition to photography, Piotr is seriously involved in creating multimedia projects. His video A Thousand More, which was shot in New York won first prize in FotoWeek DC’s 2011 Documentary and Experimental category.
Piotr is a director of Napo Foundation that helps young people enter the photography world and teaches photojournalism at Warsaw University.
Piotr’s work has been published in Stern, Der Spiegel, Newsweek, Time, The New York Times, IHT, Business Week, Forbes, The Guardian, Financial Times, Polityka (Poland), and National Geographic Poland.
EDUCATION/WORKSHOPS/GRANTS
2011 Grant from Polish Ministry of
Culture for series of stories about life in Warsaw
2011 Advanced Multimedia Workshop: MediaStorm, New York.
2011 Advanced Multimedia Workshop: MediaStorm, New York.
1990 Photography: Bournemouth &
Poole College of Art & Design, UK
1987 Filmmaking: Silesian University in
Katowice, Poland
AWARDS/EXHIBITIONS
2013 Grand Press Photo, Poland, first prize in multimedia for "Jodie"
2012 Fotovisura - Honourable mention for feature story about meat production in Kansas
2012 Fotovisura - Honourable mention for feature story about meat production in Kansas
2012 Pictures of the Year (POYi): Two
awards; 2-nd award at Multimedia Portfolio of the Year and an Award of
Excellence for "A Thousand More".
2011 First prize in FotoWeek DC's
Documentary Storytelling and Experimental category for "A
Thousand More" multimedia, shot with MediaStorm
2011 Grand Press Photo, Poland, first
prize in multimedia for "City Horses"
2009 BZWBK Press Photo, Poland – 2nd
prize in News features
2009 „Newsreportage” contest of
Newsweek Poland – 2nd prize in News
2008 „Newsreportage” of Newsweek
Poland – 2nd prize in News
2008 BZWBK contest, Poland – special prize of Rzeczpospolita daily
2008 Exhibition in Beijing, China; Poland for STERN.
2008 BZWBK contest, Poland – special prize of Rzeczpospolita daily
2008 Exhibition in Beijing, China; Poland for STERN.
2006 Exhibition in Tarnowskie Centrum
Kultury, Tarnow, Poland
2006 First prize in Civilization category, at BZWBK photo contest, Poland
2006 First prize in Civilization category, at BZWBK photo contest, Poland
2005 Exhibition in Green Gallery,
Warsaw
2004 „Newsreportage” of Newsweek
Poland – 1-st prize
2003 National Geographic exhibition in
Warsaw, Poland
2001 M.I.L.K. photos contest New
Zealand – award in category “Love”, exhibition in New York.
1998 Polish Press Photography contest –
2nd Prize in People Stories
1997 Polish Press Photography contest –
2nd and 3rd Prizes in Daily Life Stories
1997 Fuji Poland Award for reportage
from West Bank.
1993 Polish Press Photography contest – 1-st Prize in People Stories
1993 Polish Press Photography contest – 1-st Prize in People Stories