Czesław Czapliński (b. 1953, Łódź), Tadeusz Kantor, 1982/1990s

Biography
Polish photographer, journalist, and documentary filmmaker. He has lived in New York since 1979. In 1981, he founded the Photo Medium Co. photography agency. With his camera in hand, he covered major events: John Paul II’s trips to Poland and the United States, the 100th-anniversary celebrations of the Statue of Liberty in New York, the UN General Assemblies in New York, presidential campaigns, and the visits of Presidents George Bush and Mikhail Gorbachev, as well as Michael Jackson’s visit to Poland. Author and co-author of 30 photo albums and books, including: *The Saga of the Styk Family* (1989), *Face to Face* (1991), "The Passions of Jerzy Kosiński" (1993), "Careers in America" (1994), "Portraits" (1995), "My Story: How I Photographed the King" (1999), "Artists of the End of the Century" (2000), "Death & Life" (2001), "New York Before and After September 11, 2001" (2002), "Doctors in the Fight for Health" (Vol. 1/2002, Vol. 2/2003, Vol. 3/2004), "The Universe of Father Jan Twardowski" (2002), "Visits—A Closed Garden" (2003), "Lawyers in the Fight for Justice" (Vol. 1/2004), "The Art of Photography – Portrait Photography" (Vol. 1/2004), "Photographs That Are Real Because They Are No Longer Realistic" (2005), "Collections of Polish Art in America" (2005) and "Artists. Portraits of the Last Century" (2007), all of which appeared on bestseller lists. Over the course of his 30-year career, he has photographed the most famous figures from the worlds of business, culture, politics, and sports.