Maciej WochPhotography
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A smile beneath the hood
Sun in the grass
Popradské pleso
Bórczad’s gaze
Photographer in the Bieszczady and Ustrzyki Dolne

Horizons and things close at hand.

People, the Bieszczady and the world seen up close. Follow a story or explore the full gallery.

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A woman holding mushrooms, her hood pulled over her eyes.
01 / Moczary, Holica, Lutowiska, Buk, the Tatras, the Alps and Sweden

A landscape has a face

In a forest you can photograph trees. You can also watch someone hold up a mushroom and give it their full attention. These frames are about people: their gestures, concentration and joy. We get to know a place through people, too.

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The sun above dark ridges, orange clouds and mist in distant valleys.
02 / Bieszczady and the Slovak mountains

Mountains have more than one colour

I like the moment when light begins to separate the slopes. One is already golden, another remains cool, with mist between them. Those are the differences I look for in a mountain landscape. They can make a familiar view stop me again.

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A motorboat silhouette on golden water at Borgholm. The setting sun reflects in the sea beneath orange clouds.
03 / Lithuania and Sweden

The north stays in the details

A boat in Borgholm, a bicycle beneath a window, the rhythm of thatched roofs in Kåseberga. I put these photographs together because they show different scales of travel. There is open space, and there are familiar, ordinary things. They make it easier to imagine someone’s life.

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A piebald horse faces the camera at pasture in Brzegi Dolne. The low sun lights its mane and tail.
04 / Nature and craft

Big things from a short distance

A horse’s mane catches the light. Beneath a mushroom cap, pale gills form a whole pattern. A wooden face holds the marks of a chisel. I like coming close enough for those details to take over a photograph. The size of a subject says little about the strength of an image.

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A green mountain bike against stacked timber in sunlit woodland.
05 / On material, light and character

Objects have a face, too

Mud remains on the tyres. Scratches mark the metal. They do not bother me. They are what make an object distinctive. I move closer with my camera and look for light that lets us see them.

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Portraits, personal branding, business photography and image licensing in Ustrzyki Dolne and the Bieszczady, Poland.

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