Slagheaps of The Rymer Mine, Rybnik, Poland

year	1978
artist	Michał Cała
gallery	MMX Gallery

description

Stepping off the train, Cala encountered the other-worldly landscape for the first time and decided this is what he wanted to make of photographic record of.

Fascinated by the subject matter, he devoted himself to photographing the Silesian landscape between 1975-1992, which resulted in the series entitled Śląsk (Silesia).

"Cala become relatively well known in Poland but he is still little known in the West, despite the fact that his work bears comparison with masters such as Bill Brandt and Robert Frank."
- Bill Kouwenhoven, British Journal of Photography, 2007

classification	Photograph
provenance	From the artist
condition	From the Photographer's Archive
mounted/framed	Unframed
print/paper type	Silver Gelatin Print
COA/signed by artist	Signed and dated in pencil on verso, Gallery COA, Signed Artist Certficate
editions
Paper size 37 x 50 cm / Image size 31 x 44 cm/ (14.5 x 19.5 in) - Edition of 15 [$1450]