Light of Gdynia. Photographs of Bolesława and Edmund Zdanowski 1945-1970: curatorial tour

Bolesława (1908-1982) and Edmund (1905-1984) Zdanowski were representatives of the Vilnius school of photography. They were students and later collaborators of the famous Vilnius photographer — Jan Bułhak. The first stage of their work was connected with Vilnius. After World War II, they settled in Gdynia, where they became professionally connected as photography teachers at the Lyceum of Fine Arts in Orłowo.

They continued their professional work until 1970. From their photographs “emerges” Gdynia of the mid-20th century.

At the exhibition Light of Gdynia. Photographs of Bolesława and Edmund Zdanowski 1945-1970, we present 148 original photographs from the collections of the Museum of the City of Gdynia.

The curator of the exhibition Dariusz Małszycki will tell you about the artists, their photographs, as well as about Gdynia of the first quarter century. after the end of the Second World War.