Bartosz ŚWiąTnicki

I developed my practice outside the institutional art system, alongside professional work and family life. I was born in 1982 in Warsaw, where I still live and work today. I am professionally connected with the banking sector, and for many years photography existed in my life as a private and intimate activity before gradually becoming a conscious artistic practice.
My work revolves around the surrealism of everyday life and the subtle relationships between people and urban space. Within the chaos of the city I search for moments that, for a fraction of a second, form a coherent narrative. Although I rely on intuition, I strive for precise composition.
I entered street photography through the need to observe people and their emotional states. I am interested in fleeting signs of inner life. In this perspective the city is not only a stage but also a protagonist, a collective portrait and a record of memory.
For me the city is a space of existential experience. I do not document specific stories but moments of perception, brief epiphanies of daily life. Photography becomes a tool of memory and a quiet resistance to forgetting.
I build my visual language through symbol and emotion rather than event. The resulting images are contempla...

University of Warsaw

Leica Street Photo 2022
Paris Internacional Street Photo Awards 2021
Paris International Street Photo Awards 2022
Italian Street Photo Festival 2021
Fujifilm Moment Street Photo Awards 2020
Fujifilm Moment Street Photo Awards 2024
Street Photography Awards 2021
Street Photo Art Białystok 2022
Foto Art Festival Bielsko Biała „Między Kadrami” 2025