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Agata Grzybowska (b. 1984) photojournalist based in Warsaw. Graduated from the Direction of Photography at the Polish National Film, Television and Theatre School in Lodz. She received Young Poland 2017 – Polish Ministry of Culture grant for young artists. She realized her first book „9 Gates of No Return” by BLOW UP PRESS in 2017, for which she won many awards (Grand Press Photo, MFIA). In March 2017 she realized, together with Bartek Wasik and Robert Migas, a project „Kocham Lublin Szanuje. Harmony of the city”. The project was commissioned by the Teatr Stary in Lublin on the occasion of the 700th anniversary of Lublin city. In 2015 her photography taken during „Black Thursday” in Kiev won The Picture of The Year 2015 at BZ WBK PRESS FOTO Competition. She also won the first prize for the single picture in the category Events at the same competition. In 2013 she won second prize in the category Photocast, for her work “Kill the gay“ at the Grand Press Photo Competition. The same year, together with writer Wojciech Karpieszuk, Grzybowska won the Observer Prize at Student Journalism Competition MediaTory. Her works have been nominated for many prestigious awards, including the Grand Press Photo (2014) and Amnesty International (2013). Grzybowska travels across the world depicting people in difficult, often life-threatening situations. She has worked in Syria, Uganda, India, Egypt, Romania, and Ukraine. While working, her principle is to get as close as possible to the human being in the center of the story. Her work has been shown at Royal Castle in Warsaw, courtyard President’s Palace, Wroclaw Contemporary Museum, European Solidarity Centre in Gdansk, The Wilson Shaft Gallery in Katowice, The Old Brewery in Poznan, The Galery FF - Forum Of Photography in Lodz, Romanian Cultural Institute in Bucharest.
