The FORTUNA [FORTUNE] exhibition at Foto Pracownia Wschodnia is the debut of the young photographer Marcin Pietrucin.

Marcin Pietrucin makes it clear that fortune is the relationship with his father. And it does not matter whether, in creating this series, he wants to regain it or, like a pre-war heir, flaunts it brazenly. He creates an alluring alternative world in which adventure and the mysteries to be discovered never end. But instead of on flat earth theory or the domination of lizards from outer space, he bases it on mutual acceptance. He tells this story in the best tradition of warm irony, which, it would seem, can no longer be counted on.

Patryk Karbowski

Under yellow incandescent light I take an inventory of my dad's collections. Removing the sentimental layers, I try to find the practical and real meaning of the objects I uncover. Moreover, by "digging down" to ever more absurd finds and photographing myself with them, my dad and I rediscover the shared adventures of my childhood, to which I thought there was no going back.

Marcin Wiktor Pietrucin - b. 2003

A graduate of the Academy of Photography in Warsaw (2022). A grant holder of the College of Visual Arts Foundation (2022). In October he begins studying photography at the Magdalena Abakanowicz University of the Arts in Poznań. The FORTUNA photographic series is a diploma project completed during his studies at the Academy of Photography. In his works one can observe authenticity, irony and an unusual sense of humour, as well as an imagination that allows him to transform ordinary objects into objects from another world. He likes to treat photography as a medium that binds together various means of artistic expression, such as installation and performance. He draws inspiration from electronic and film music (Aphex Twin, Ennio Morricone), classics of cinema (The X-Files, Star Wars, Dreams) and literature (The Lord of the Rings, Tales of the Bizarre).

The exhibition was financed by the College of Visual Arts Foundation.