Four books for 2024
A certain Instagram ad has been nagging me for months now to "swap doomscrolling for microlearning". While I agree with the sentiment,...
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Michal Dzierza
Jan 1, 20201 min read
365 photography challenge
In 2020 I’m planning to do what I often considered doing, a project I often was curious about, laughed at, had mixed feelings about and...
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Michal Dzierza
Jun 15, 20181 min read
Paros, Naxos and the Cyclades at their finest – before the crowds arrive
View fullsize I have visited the Cycladic Islands in the middle of the gorgeously blue Aegean Sea, many times before. It’s a little...
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Michal Dzierza
Jul 2, 20151 min read
Hello, I am…
A few weeks ago I got an email from Martijn Baudoin, a Dutch designer and filmmaker, who’s been creating short, 1-minute videos featuring...
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Michal Dzierza
Jun 26, 20151 min read
New man in London
My latest short video portrait introduces Leng Montgomery, a London-based young man who at the age of 25 decided to start living the life...
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Michal Dzierza
Jun 18, 20142 min read
Side projects and paragliders
This is my latest video. It’s also my latest side project. It was never planned. I was driving to Beachy Head in East Sussex on a sunny...
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Michal Dzierza
Feb 7, 20141 min read
Creative types
Recently I met a wonderful – and wonderfully talented – man called Dave Walker. Dave draws cute (I hope he doesn’t mind the word ‘cute’)...
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Michal Dzierza
Jan 9, 20143 min read
2013 – the year when a lot changed
And not always by design. But – to use a cliched saying – ‘change is good’. Even though it may not always seem welcome at first. But I’m...
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Michal Dzierza
May 9, 20131 min read
London 1927
Everybody has been sharing this video today – and once you watch it, you’ll know why. It shows London circa 1927 through the eyes of...
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Michal Dzierza
May 3, 20131 min read
Something for the weekend – Screengrab by Willie Witte
Timelapse videos are becoming omnipresent and a bit repetitive. This is not a time lapse video. Not quite sure what to call this genre. ...
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Michal Dzierza
Sep 24, 20121 min read
Paris vs New York
Simple is beautiful. But sometimes to make something simple you need to put a lot of effort in. This lovely animation by Tony Miotto I...
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Michal Dzierza
Apr 18, 20121 min read
Silent World by Lucie & Simon
This is as spooky and possibly unsettling as it is awesome. Street photography as you’ve never seen it before. Two Paris-based...
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Michal Dzierza
Mar 20, 20122 min read
All About Eve – the brilliant Eve Arnold exhibition
And now it’s hosting a brilliant – but with many sad undertones – exhibition of Eve Arnold’s photography, All About Eve. Which you can’t...
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Michal Dzierza
Mar 13, 20122 min read
One man, thirteen half-marathons
Gareth Ralphs lost his son, aged 15 months, in December 1999. This year, to celebrate what would have been Max’s 13th birthday, Gareth is...
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Michal Dzierza
Feb 21, 20123 min read
A photographer’s journey – James M. Barrett
We’re bombarded by images daily, many of which are superb. Often their creators are not trained or even experienced photographers. Many...
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Michal Dzierza
Sep 6, 20113 min read
Adde Adesokan’s Triptychs of Strangers
Image © Adde Adesokan, used with author’s permission Every now and then comes a photographer who does something new and unique. And every...
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Michal Dzierza
Apr 18, 20112 min read
The Milky Way
I remember the first time I saw The Milky Way. Not an image in a book or online. In real life. Right in front of my eyes. Or rather way...
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Michal Dzierza
Apr 8, 20111 min read
Always get a window seat
No matter how long you have been taking pictures, there’s always something new you can spot while snapping the world from a plane. But...
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Michal Dzierza
Mar 2, 20112 min read
London Street Photography at the Museum of London
And indeed, the first images you see when you visit the superb “London Street Photography” exhibition, which has just opened at the...
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Michal Dzierza
Nov 18, 20104 min read
London in 80 gigapixels – meet Jeffrey Martin
My prayers have been answered. London eventually got its first decent gigapixel image this week. You’ve probably already seen what its...
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