'Swimming prohibited', Slagheaps of the 1st May Coalmine, Wodzislaw Slaski, 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's photography took on various influences ranging from surrealism, which inspired a movement in Poland called fotografia kreacyjna (creative photography), and the realism of British New Wave cinema of the late 1950's and early 1960's.

// Vintage Print info: Artist stamped and No. 30 noted at the back of the print, tapes marks from the mount broad in the corners on the back of the print. Very good condition. Printed on gloss paper.

classification	Photograph
provenance	From the artist
condition	From the Photographer's Archive
mounted/framed	Unframed
print/paper type	Vintage Silver Gelatin Print
COA/signed by artist	Signed and dated in pencil on verso, Gallery COA, Signed Artist Certficate
editions
48.5 x 33.5 cm (19 x 13 in) [$1,800]