About
Rafał Zawadzki is an amateur photographer based in Warsaw, Poland. In 2026 he achieved a series of notable successes in both national and international photography competitions.
7th National Online Photography Contest for Amateurs
"Fantastic Everyday Life"
Podlaski Instytut Kultury, Białystok, Poland
Awarded for a set of three photographs: Bath, Noga w kuchni, and Ucieczka. The jury evaluated 1,594 works by 578 authors from across Poland, recognising Zawadzki's work for presenting everyday life through content that takes on new meaning.
pikpodlaskie.pl ↗12th Fine Art Photography Awards (FAPA)
Portrait Category — Amateur Division
Fine Art Photography Awards (FAPA) — International
One of the world's foremost fine art photography competitions, running since 2014 across 20 thematic categories. The awarded single work, Red, was dedicated to the memory of David Lynch. Zawadzki described it: "Red is the most committing of colours — the colour of passion, blood, and life force."
LensCulture Critics' Choice 2026
LensCulture — International
Selected from the series Ultimate Male Gaze — a visual manifesto for radical freedom, deconstructing the "Trad Wife" phenomenon by replacing curated subservience with the power of a woman who exists entirely for herself. The jury comprised 20 critics from institutions including National Geographic, The Guardian, Paris Photo, Christie's, and Aperture.
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