The project "Grayscale" is an intimate and reflective story about Icelandic reality, shown through the eyes of an outsider. Dominik Stępniak, as a perceptive documentary photographer, analyses a space in which people function in shadow and greyness – without emotion, expressionless, stuck in the mechanical rhythm of work. The project focuses on Ásbrú and its residents, who often play a key role in the Icelandic tourism sector, filling staffing gaps in various industries.
The artist looks at this community as a group still waiting for its place, while at the same time being part of a system in which anyone may find themselves at the beginning or the end of the road.
Curator: Tomasz Klocek
Dominik Stępniak
is a photographer living in Iceland, specialising in documentary, landscape and portrait photography. His work has been shown at exhibitions and art events in Rotterdam, Reykjavík and in Tychy, his home town. He is currently focused on exploring his own approach to photography, placing particular emphasis on its physical, material dimension, which is reflected in his latest projects.
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Exhibition dates: 31 May – 21 June 2025
Exhibition documentation: Federico Caponi
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