Adam Lach (born in 1983 in Poznan) is a Polish photographer based in

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. He is the co-founder of Napo Images and vice president of the Napo Foundation. He photographed for ''

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, "And Vice". He is the winner of photo contests including Pictures of the Year International and

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. His photo essays were shown at international exhibitions, including Polka Galerie at HSBC in Paris, the

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, and the World Photojournalism Festival in Beijing. Between 2010-2012, he taught two subjects ("Press Photography" and "Reportage and New Media") at the Institute of Journalism at the

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. Lach concentrated primarily on long-term documentary projects. Lach's photographs focus on people, relationships, emotions, and intimacy. He aims to create a genuine story, unaffected by artificial peripeteia but marked by his interpretation of the portrayed reality.

Books

* ''Neverland'' - * ''Stigma'' -

Awards

* 2018 - Picture of the Year
Grand Press Photo
* 2017 - Photobook of the Year for book ''Neverland'' - Grand Press Photo, Warsaw, Poland * 2014 – Winner of

Beata Pawlak Award The Beata Pawlak Memorial Award (Polish: ''Nagroda im. Beaty Pawlak'') is an annual Polish literary prize founded in 2003 and awarded to authors publishing their works in the Polish language whose subject-matter concerns the themes of religion, cu ...

for ''Stigma'' organized by

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* 2014 –

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1st Prize Winner for Book Stigma in Self Published Professional category * 2014 – Picture of the Year, Award of Excellence in Issue Reporting Picture Story for Stigma project * 2011 – II prize in category Sport for single image "Sumo Twins" in Grand Press Photo * 2010 – II prize in category Nature for picture story "The ecological Tragedy in Poland" in the BZWBK Press Photo Contest * 2009 – Honorable mention for picture story "Sacred Refuge" in the BZWBK Press Photo Contest * 2008 – Second Prize for the reportage "The Capital" in category Daily Life in the Newsreportage contest of the " Newsweek Polska" * 2008 – Second Prize for the reportage "The Children of Bermuda Triangle" in category People in the Newsreportage contest of the " Newsweek Polska" * 2008 – Third Prize for the reportage „8 Photographs of Warsaw" in the category „Civilisation" in the BZ WBK Press Photo Contest * 2008 – Second Prize for the reportage „Bogdan Zietek – the Sculptor" in the category „Portrait" in the BZ WBK Press Photo Contest * 2007 – Third Prize for the reportage „Yorkland" in the category „Culture" in the Newsreportaz Contest of the „ Newsweek Polska" * 2007 – Special Award of the „

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" daily for „Suzuki Method" in the BZ WBK Press Photo Contest * 2007 – First Prize for the reportage „World Hairdressing Centre" in the category „Civilisation" in the BZ WBK Press Photo Contest * 2007 – First Prize for the reportage „Suzuki Method" in the category „Society" in the BZ WBK Press Photo Contest * 2007 – Second Prize for the reportage „Suzuki Method" in the category „Culture and Art" Press Photography Contest * 2007 – Third Prize for the reportage „World Hairdressing Centre" in the category „Contemporary Concerns" in the Press Photography Contest

References

External links

Official Page

Entry on culture.pl

Entry on CES Harvard

Napo Images webside

The New York Times Lens Blog

The New Yorker Photo Booth
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