Inez Baturo
[Polonia]
Fotografa artistica, traduttrice, editore, editor. Nata nel 1966. Ora vive a Bielsko-Biala, Polonia. Laurea in Filologia Inglese (Universitá di Silesia, 1991). Co-fondatrice e Vice-Presidente della Foundation Centre for Photography (dal 2004). É tra gli organizzatori del FotoArtFestival, ci cui &eeacute; anche direttrice del programma. Co-proprietaria della casa editrice Baturo Publishing House dal 1991. Cofondatrice della Galleria della Fotografia B&B a Bielsko-Biala dal 1992.
Membro dell’Unione degli Artisti Fotografi Polacchi (ZPAF) dal 1999. Vice-Presidente della Divisione di Montagna dell’Unione degli Artisti Fotografi Polacchi (2004 – 2008). Membro del Forum dell’Agenzia Fotografica dal 2007.
Dal 2009 – membro della IRIS presso la Loughborough University School of Art and Design, la Gran Bretagna, un’organizzazione che promuove la fotografia mondiale da parte delle donne. Curatore della mostra “The Art of Seeing” (Galeria fotografii B&B, Bielsko-Biala, 2003) e del concorso internazionale e mostra “No Borders” (2005).
Le sue fotografie sono state pubblicate su “Playboy”, “Voyage”, “National Geographic”, “Podróze”, “FOTO”. É autrice dei libri:
“The Beskidy Mountains”, “The Beskids”, “Cieszyn”. Le sue immagini sono state pubblicate sui libri collettivi: “Polish Mountains”, “Bielsko-Biala”.
É stata inclusa nella pubblicazione “Masters of Polish Landscape” e sul prestigioso “A History of Women Photographers” di Naomi Rosenblum (Abbeville Press, New York, USA, 2010). Ha tradotto in polacco “Storia del Mondo della Fotografia” di Naomi Rosenblum (2005).
Si occupa principalmente di foto paesaggistica, ma ha anche fatto foto di bambini, teatro e moda. Si occupa anche di documentari.
Premi
– Grand Prix, Contest of Mountain Photography, Nowy Targ 1990, 1992;
– Silver Medal, Contest of Mountain Photography, Nowy Targ 1994;
– for the album “The Beskids”: Jantar Book (prize for the most beautiful book of the year), Meetings of Good Book Publishers, Gdansk 1995; Prize in the Contest of the Society of Polish Book Publishers 1995;
– Prize of the President of Bielsko-Biala City in Culture – Ikar 2005;
– The Main Prize of the Year of the Minister of Culture for Eminent Achievements in Plastic Arts in 2007 (with her husband – Andrzej) given to a photographer for the first time in the history of Poland;
– Grant by the Association of Authors – ZAiKS, Warsaw 2011;
– Nomination to the Prize of the Beskids` Angel of Success by the Academy of Enterprise and Success in BIelsko-Biala. Poland.
Mostre personali
– “The World of Mountains”, Festival of Mountain Film, Katowice 1992;
– “The Beskids”, Galerie Objective, Enschede, Holland 1994;
– “Mountains…”, Pusta Gallery, GórnoÉlàska Macierz Kultury, Katowice 1995;
– “Light in landscape”, dias show, Galeria Fotografii B&B, Bielsko-Biala 1997;
– “To see the light”, Galeria Fotografii B&B, Bielsko-Biala 1999;
– “To see the light”, Stara Galeria ZPAF, Warsaw 1999/2000;
– “To see the light”, Galeria stotrzynascie, Bialystok 2000;
– “To see the light”, Galeria Umeleckej Fotografi, Moravska Trebova, Czech Rep. 2001;
– “In the Face of a Moment”, Galley of Lódz Photographic Society 2003;
– “Passion in Photography”, dias show, 5. Explorers Festival, Lódz 2003;
– “Inez Baturo”, International Festival of Photography, Moravska Trebova, Czech Rep. 2004;
– “Inez Baturo”, dias show, Biennale of Mountain Photography, Jelenia Góra 2004;
– “Inez Baturo – Photography”, Dmochowski Gallery, Paris, France 2009;
– “Inez Baturo – Photography”, presentation, Rybnik Festival of Photography 2009;
– “Inez Baturo: Project – My City”, Museum Castle, Bielsko-Biala 2009;
– “Inez Baturo – Photography”, presentation, Katowice School of Photography 2009;
– “Inez Baturo – Fotografia”, A Decade of Photography, Cracow 2009;
– “Inez Baturo – Polish Mountains”, Polish Institute in Vilnius, touring exhibition in Lithuania: Vilnius, Kaunas, Klaipeda among others 2009/2010;
– “Inez Baturo – Photography”, Gallery ArtAdres, Skoczów 2010;
– “Fragments”, The Beskids Library, Bielsko-Biala 2012;
– “Taking photos of the world, I portray myself”, S. Staszic Museum, Pila 2012.
Esposizioni collettive
– Contest of Mountain Photography, Nowy Targ and Bielsko-Biala 1990; 1992; 1994;
– International Festival of Mountain Image, Antibes, France 1991;
– Biennal of Mountain Photography, Jelenia Góra 1992;
– “Surprise yourself”, Galerie Objective, Enschede, Holland 1998;
– “Mountain Region ZPAF – 2000”, Gallery of Photography B&B, Bielsko-Biala 2000;
– Mountain Photography, Nowohuckie Centrum Kultury, Cracow 2001;
– “Masters of Polish Landscape”, City Gallery of Art, Lódz 2001;
– “Bia?ka 2002”, Stara Galeria ZPAF, Warsaw 2002;
– “Mountain Photography”, Museum of History of Photography, Cracow 2003;
– “The Art of Seeing”, Gallery of Photography B&B, Bielsko-Biala 2003;
– “Bialka 2003”, Old Gallery ZPAF Warszawa 2003;
– “Horses, horses…”, Gallery of Photography B&B, Bielsko-Bia?a 2003;
– “Where are We?”, Old and Little Gallery ZPAF, Warsaw 2005;
– Festival of Visual Arts, Bielsko Gallery BWA, Bielsko-Biala 2007;
– “Polish Collector`s Photography”, Auction House Rempex, Warsaw 2008;
– “Bielsko-Bia?a, a Magic City”, SFERA Gallery, Bielsko-Biala 2008;
– “Polish Collector`s Photography”, Auction House Rempex, Warsaw 2009;
– “Homage to Hartwig”, Public Library in Lublin 2009;
– “My City Bielsko-Biala”, Museum Castle, Bielsko-Biala 2010;
– Festival of Visual Arts, Bielsko Gallery BWA, Bielsko-Biala 2011;
Opere in collezioni
– Women`s Issues Collection, British Library, London, GB; Museum Castle in Bielsko-Biala, Poland; Special Collection of the Public Library, Lublin, Poland; private collections.
Lezioni
– “Annie Leibovitz – Life and Photography”, Bielsko-Biala; Rybnik; Cieszyn (2009);
– “Women`s Mountain Photography”, Decade of Photography, Cracow 2009.
