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Moving between fashion, travel and portrait photography, Szóstak's photos are a great affirmation of femininity. The photographer develops an independent artistic language rooted in the tradition of the great masters of painting and photography, drawing on the heritage of the classic portrait, but at the same time fresh and charmingly lyrical. In front of Sonia Szóstak's lens, women - seen by a woman, are treated subjectively, full of dignity and strength, just like Małgosia Bela in the portraits created especially for the exhibition.
The main theme of Sonia Szóstak's work is the human body in nature. The photographer explores the possibilities of the body in motion, capturing it outside of time and at the same time thoroughly contemporary. The graceful protagonists of Szóstak's photographs are models and friends, captured in light dance poses. It is a photographic portrait of her generation immersed in dreams of what is unreal, elusive and beautiful. Szóstak's photographic practice sometimes approaches magical realism, each photo seems to tell its own story. The photographs embedded in reality exceed its limits, they are unreal. The artistry of photography allows Szóstak to boldly move between traditions and poetics. Whether carefully arranged or spontaneously captured, her photographs are instantly recognizable.
Sonia Szóstak – Born in 1990 in Szczecin. In 2015, she graduated from photography at the Lodz Film School. He lives and works between Paris and Warsaw. Szóstak published in cult magazines around the world, such as Vogue Polska, Vogue Italia, Vogue Portugal, Vogue Ukraine, Numero, Odda, Rolling Stone. She is also the author of campaigns for brands such as Chylak, Le Petit Trou, YES and Mene. Her photographs have been presented at numerous group exhibitions, including Young Poland by Alexi Lubomirski , A/D/O Gallery (New York, 2017), A Glimpse at Photo Vogue , Galleria Carla Sozzani (Milan, 2013) , Corpus Delicti The Ballery ( Berlin, 2018) ,Entangled in art. Photography, painting, sculpture, video from the collection of Joanna and Krzysztof Madelski , National Museum (Gdańsk, 2014). Sonia Szóstak's works have been presented at two individual exhibitions so far: The Age of Innocence at the National Museum in Gdańsk, 2016 and a year earlier at the No Wodka A Journey to Mars gallery in Berlin , curated by Nadine Dinter, who works at the Helmut Newton Foundation on a daily basis . The exhibition at the Leica 6×7 Gallery will be Szóstak's first individual exhibition in Warsaw.
