Christopher William Adach

San Cristobal De Las Casas, Chiapas, Mexico

About Christopher William Adach

Born in 1970 in Lublin, Poland. After his formal education between 1995 and 2007 he was mostly known as music events entrepreneur, embodied his artistic visons in his own music clubs but also pioneering music art- projects in post-industrial abandoned spaces in his hometown, Lublin. Parallel to his career as music entrepreneur, Adach developed his reputation as self-proclaim interior designer for both individual and commercial clients. Some of his projects were published in local and national press focused on interior design. Between 2003 and 2005 he made two trips to London, living there for almost 2 years, and in 2007 he finally moved to UK. In year 2011 he was graduated with Interior Design & Decoration Diploma of Rhodec International School in London finishing at the same time Diploma of Higher Education in Interior Design at London Metropolitan University. At the same year he accomplished his second degree with Diploma of Professional Photography at the Photography Institute in London. His first major work as photographer was collaboration with the historian writer Christopher West in London for his historic book ‘The Story Of St Katharine's’ published in 2014. Between 2013 and 2014 he was also collaborating with one of the leading celebrity photo agencies in London. His unique style was noticed by Wikipedia who asked him to contribute his pictures for almost 40 articles of international stars including Leonardo DiCaprio, Daniel Radcliffe, Ralph Fiennes, Hugh Jackman or Bill Murray. Year 2014 was a tipping point not only in his personal life but also in his photographic carrer, when he left Europe and started his new life in latin America. Between May 2014 and February 2016 he was living in Merida, Yukatan participating in several artistic projects such as ArtHo, Collective ‘Parque Hidalgo’ and Collective “Parque Maternidad’ , displaying his works on local exhibitions. His works were presented at Galeria Picheta in Merida, at International Festival in Telchac Puerto and several exhibitions in Valladolid, Isla Cozumel or Bakalar. In February 2016 he moved to Mexican state of Chiapas, where he was living for a while in the local community of Maya people learning his culture and finally he settled in San Cristobal de Las Casas, one of the most important places in Mexico where majority of locals are indigenous people. Adach's works are focused mostly on natural photography sach us portrait, especially native people of latin America, street life, architecture and the landscape. He works on one of the most important markets in Mexico, Santo Domingo market in San Cristobal de Las Casas where you can find multitudes of textiles, embroidery, jewelry, basketry, saddlery, jarceria, weavings and stones, indigenous crafts of local people. Adach's unique style is recognised not only by common art lovers, he also collaborate with few Mexican art galleries. His work fill the walls photography enthusiasts around the worl but also commercial clients like one of new hotels in San Cristobal de Las Casas who purchased more than 70 Adach's prints to complete decoration of his space. His photos also regularly appear on many travel pages and services like Lonely Planet, Pueblos Magicos Mexico, Turistas por Mexico, Expedia Mexico, Enjoy Mexico Wordpress, Travel Report, or Destinos Turisticos de Mexico. His style is simple, sometimes nostalgic, but always crisp, clean and honest, shaped by his love to Nature and people. Photographic fields of expertise and selected works: Corporate photography & bespoke projects - The Story of St Katharine's book by Chris West - photographic build up and expertise. - Exclusive photographic session of the exterior of the ‘Flamant Rose’, boat belonged nowadays to French singer Edith Piaf. Editorial - coloboration with OpticPhotos, celebrity photo agency in London, supplying papers and magazines internationally. - coloboration with FABRIC-a, online art magazine in London. - Contributing photos for Wikipedia and many social online blog spots and magazines

Education:

In year 2011
- he was graduated with Interior Design & Decoration Diploma of Rhodec International School in London
- at the same time finishing Diploma of Higher Education in Interior Design at London Metropolitan University.
- and at the same year he accomplished his second degree with Diploma of Professional Photography at the Photography Institute in London.

Exhibitions:

GROUP EXHIBITIONS:

- HANAL PIXAN 2015
Galería del Pasaje Gabriel Vicente Gahona “Picheta”, Mérida, Yucatán, México.

- PINTANDO SURESTE (2015)
Galería de la casa de Cultura Ixchel, Cozumel, Quintana Roo, México.

- HOMENAJE A VALLADOLID (2015)
Pinacoteca Ramón Mendoza Novelo de la Casa de arte y cultura en Valladolid, Yucatán, México.

- EL MUNDO EN UN PUEBLO MAYA (2015)
Primer festival internacional de música y danza tradicional, Telchac Puerto, Yucatán, México.

- THE STORY OF ST. KATHARINE'S (2013)
Book promocion exhibicion, Ivory House, St Katharine Docks, London, UK