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Personal Archive — 2026

A Living Archive

of Light & Memory

Selected photographs, stories, and visual fragments from my personal archive.

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Night street with Middle Eastern market and green neon lanterns

About the Photographer

I photograph quiet tension,

human presence, architecture,

movement, and the small visual

moments that usually disappear.

Approach

Slow, deliberate. I wait for the light to do what it needs to do.

Subject

Faces. Empty spaces. The threshold between presence and absence.

Process

Film and digital. Long sessions. Very few frames kept.

Based in

Warsaw — working across Europe and the South Caucasus.

Selected Work

Visual Stories

St. Peter's Basilica dome and Ponte Sant'Angelo bridge reflected in the Tiber at sunset
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architecture — Rome, Italy & Greece — 2024–2025

The Ancient Shore

Rome at golden hour, the Greek islands at sunset, a temple seen from the air. These photographs were made across several trips to the Mediterranean — a sea that has been looking at human ambition for three thousand years without blinking.

golden
View from Masada fortress over Dead Sea and Jordanian mountains with dramatic storm clouds
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landscape — Israel — 2024–2025

Between Sea and Desert

Tel Aviv, Masada, the Dead Sea. A country of extreme contrasts — rooftop greenhouses next to spiral towers, salt deserts next to ancient fortresses, a city that never stops building while the sea next to it slowly disappears.

raw
Deep purple lavender stalks in full bloom, rich and dense field
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detail — Lavender Farm, Israel — 2025

Violet Hours

A single lavender farm, a summer afternoon, and everything that came to it. Bees, butterflies, light changing row by row. Some photographs are only possible in one place at one time of year — this is that place.

intimate
Caribbean beach at dusk with lone silhouette sitting on shoreline and dramatic golden-orange sky
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travel — Mexico — 2025

South of Everything

The Caribbean at dusk, the Mayan world at noon, a monkey in the jungle. Mexico holds too many things at once — ancient and tropical, melancholic and gold. These photographs tried to hold some of it, too.

golden

Visual Archive

The Living Gallery

Rooftop greenhouse with teal window frames and lettuce seedlings

Terrace Garden

Tel Aviv, Israel

2024

Night street with Middle Eastern market and green neon lanterns

Lantern Hours

Middle East

2024

Two gazelles touching noses through a wire fence

The Greeting

Israel

2024

Lemon tree branches with yellow lemons

Branch Study

Israel

2024

Wine glass with rosé on wooden table, outdoor garden

Sunday Rosé

Israel

2024

Modern building interior with curved white spiral staircase and wood steps

The Ascent

Tel Aviv, Israel

2024

Looking straight down a spiral staircase, oval concrete floor below

Looking Down

Tel Aviv, Israel

2024

Modern corporate glass towers with rooftop garden path

Glass Towers

Tel Aviv, Israel

2024

Curved spiral staircase seen from above, concrete steps

Coil

Tel Aviv, Israel

2024

Looking up through a circular glass skylight with blue sky and clouds

Oculus

Tel Aviv, Israel

2024

Aerial view of desert landscape near Masada with winding road

Desert Road

Masada, Israel

2024

Black bird with orange wing stripe perched on wooden roof beams against cloudy sky

Desert Perch

Masada, Israel

2024

View from Masada fortress over Dead Sea and Jordanian mountains with dramatic storm clouds

The Sea Below

Masada, Israel

2024

Dead Sea salt formations and turquoise water with hotels in background

Salt Shore

Dead Sea, Israel

2024

Tel Aviv glass skyscrapers on a clear blue-sky day from street level

Glass Canyons

Tel Aviv, Israel

2024

Figure in heavy jacket facing away from camera with superhero graffiti mural and pink child's suitcase

Street Corner

Tel Aviv, Israel

2024

Man sitting reading among green shrubs in urban park with bicycle and child seat

The Reader

Tel Aviv, Israel

2024

Outdoor café garden terrace with wooden picnic tables surrounded by lush potted plants

Garden Terrace

Tel Aviv, Israel

2024

Empty café sidewalk seating with outdoor heaters glowing orange and wooden benches

After Hours

Tel Aviv, Israel

2024

Tel Aviv skyline aerial view with skyscrapers against clear blue sky

The City

Tel Aviv, Israel

2024

Aerial view of Ayalon Highway in Tel Aviv with heavy traffic and rail tracks alongside

Rush Hour

Tel Aviv, Israel

2024

BMW headquarters cylindrical tower and futuristic museum building in Munich on overcast day

Four Cylinders

Munich, Germany

2025

Single skier on pristine snow slope with ski lift cable and electric blue sky

Solo Descent

Garmisch-Partenkirchen, Germany

2025

Dramatic alpine mountain peak emerging from fog with ski chalet and lift poles in foreground

Into the Cloud

Alpspitze, Germany

2025

Foggy ski resort with gnarled wooden signpost showing German directions and two skiers disappearing into mist

Last Sign Before

Alpspitze, Germany

2025

Sunset at Mexican resort pool with MEXICO sign reflected in still water, palm silhouettes

MEXICO

Riviera Maya, Mexico

2025

Caribbean beach at dusk with lone silhouette sitting on shoreline and dramatic golden-orange sky

Last Light

Caribbean, Mexico

2025

Tropical beach with coconut palm trees, palapa huts and wooden pier at golden hour

The Palapa

Tulum, Mexico

2025

Young couple in traditional Mayan embroidered dress and white guayabera in thatched ceremony hall

Ceremony

Yucatán, Mexico

2025

El Castillo pyramid at Chichen Itza under dramatic blue sky with white clouds

El Castillo

Chichen Itza, Mexico

2025

El Castillo pyramid framed by tree branch from a different angle under clouds

Under Clouds

Chichen Itza, Mexico

2025

Baby spider monkey sitting in lush jungle foliage looking sideways

Forest Child

Yucatán, Mexico

2025

St. Peter's Basilica dome and Ponte Sant'Angelo bridge reflected in the Tiber at sunset

Eternal City at Dusk

Rome, Italy

2024

St. Peter's Basilica bathed in golden morning light seen from Via della Conciliazione against deep blue sky

Via Sacra

Rome, Italy

2024

Narrow Roman alley with yellow ochre buildings, Carpe Diem sign over arched fountain

Carpe Diem

Rome, Italy

2024

Roman Forum ruins with Temple of Venus and Roma, Basilica of Maxentius, medieval tower and tourists

The Forum

Rome, Italy

2024

Colosseum exterior seen past white flowering oleander bushes on a summer day

Colosseum I

Rome, Italy

2024

Colosseum surrounded by lush summer foliage and trees under bright sky

Colosseum II

Rome, Italy

2024

Colosseum at dawn with empty streets and golden morning light

Before the Crowds

Rome, Italy

2024

Roman Forum overview with olive trees, scattered ruins, Palatine Hill behind on a clear summer day

Two Thousand Years

Rome, Italy

2024

White sailboat in brilliant turquoise Mediterranean sea framed by dried palm frond

White Sail

Greece

2025

Two sailboats at golden sunset in a calm Mediterranean cove with rocky forested headland

Aegean Sunset

Greece

2025

Greek house facade covered with shell art mosaics, starfish decorations and red flowers

The Shell House

Greece

2025

Greek waterfront taverna with blue-white chairs, old fishing boat on rocks, pink bougainvillea, string lights

Waterfront Table

Greece

2025

Old white-and-blue painted rowboat resting on white limestone rocks above turquoise sea

Beached

Greece

2025

Hallstatt village with church spires and alpine houses on misty winter lake, mountains behind

Hallstatt, January

Hallstatt, Austria

2025

Red-whiskered bulbul bird perched on tropical palm fronds against brilliant blue sky

Crown Perch

Mexico

2025

Long-tailed macaque standing on rock in dappled sunlight against stone background

Temple Monkey

Southeast Asia

2024

Ocean waves breaking in lines along rocky tropical coastline with deep blue sea and green hills

The Break

Mauritius

2024

Mauritius lagoon with colorful motorboats and a speedboat leaving a wake, green mountains behind

Island Lagoon

Mauritius

2024

Lioness draped asleep over a thick tree branch in dappled green light

Midday Sleep

Israel

2025

Lioness face extremely close-up, sleeping with chin on tree branch, eyes almost shut

Dreaming

Israel

2025

Deep purple lavender stalks in full bloom, rich and dense field

Violet Field

Lavender Farm, Israel

2025

Lavender field rows receding into green countryside with farm buildings in late afternoon light

The Farm

Lavender Farm, Israel

2025

Orange painted lady butterfly feeding on lavender with green bokeh background

Painted Lady

Lavender Farm, Israel

2025

Orange butterfly perched on dark purple lavender with blurred earth background

Wing & Bloom

Lavender Farm, Israel

2025

Aerial drone view of Temple of Aphaia on Aegina island with Doric columns and Greek landscape and sea

Temple Above

Aegina, Greece

2025

Wider aerial drone view of Temple of Aphaia surrounded by pine forest on Aegina hilltop with Mediterranean sea

Island Temple

Aegina, Greece

2025

On Photography

How I think about the frame

Light

Not decoration. The structure of the image. Every frame exists because of where the light fell.

Silence

The pause between things. I look for the frame that holds its breath.

Presence

Some frames are built around faces. Others around absence.

Memory

Every photograph here belongs to a larger private map. Some places only exist in the archive now.

Movement

Not blur — direction. The feeling that something just passed through the frame.

"The photograph is not a memory. It is a proof that the light was there."

Private Access

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Private Archive

detail — Dead Sea, Israel

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Private Archive

detail — Mexico

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Private Archive

landscape — Austrian Lakes

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Private Archive

documentary — Southeast Asia

The Locked Room

Enter the private archive — unreleased photographs, extended visual stories, process notes, contact sheets, and selected high-resolution downloads. A quieter, more honest version of the work.

What's included

  • Unreleased photo sets
  • Extended visual stories
  • Process notes & contact sheets
  • Behind-the-frame documentation
  • High-resolution selected images
  • Private archive updates

Get in Touch

Let's build something

that stays in memory.

Available for selected photography, visual direction, and creative collaborations.

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