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Award-winning photographer battles to save Poland’s birdlife from foreign predators

Talking to TFN, Piotr Chara tells how he is now devoting his life to protecting and educating others about the bird species of the Lower Oder Valley. Piotr Chara

INTERVIEW: Talking to TFN, Piotr Chara whose image of cranes on the wetlands of the Oder Valley was among the award winners of the Bird Photographer of the Year in London in 2017, tells how he is now devoting his life to protecting and educating others about the bird species of the Lower Oder Valley.

Wrocław woman records the ‘silent witnesses of untold stories’ with her haunting pics of abandoned sofas

Taken in a variety of locations, the images show sofas in varying states of disrepair, all united by their apparent lack of love.

Nostalgic photos from 1990’s Warsaw reveal fascinating portrait of a city going through change

Captivating art and reportage photography now on show at the Museum of Warsaw recorded the contrasts and breakthroughs in the rapidly changing city.

Stunning family snaps turn photographer into internet sensation

Sebastian Luczywo has sent the internet into meltdown with these incredible photographs of his family. TFN caught up with the former telecoms worker for a chat.

Picture this: Gorgeous photos reveal Polish landscapes in stunning infrared

Przemysław Kruk, whose background is in physics, became fascinated by infrared photography after seeing some white landscapes online.

Extraordinary photo collection of Polish Carpathian Lancers up for auction

The photos of the legendary unit which fought in the Battle of Monte Cassino belonged to Captain Wincenty Tomaszewski, an officer of the Carpathian Lancers who after the war settled in Grimsby, UK. 

Bydgoszcz buzz at Vintage Photo fest

In this edition of The Debrief, we’re in the central city of Bydgoszcz for the annual vintage photo festival.

Award-winning photographer's powerful images of ordinary lives in war torn Ukraine go on show in Kraków

Rather than focusing on soldiers and their equipment, the 90-plus photos by award-winning photographer Justyna Mielnikiewicz show mainly civilians: women, children, refugees, volunteers.

Polish wildlife snapper’s incredible photo of a lion staring at the lens wins prestigious international nature photography competition

Taken at the Moremi Game Reserve in Botswana, Tomasz Szpila’s hypnotic photo was awarded ‘Category Winner’ in the Nature TTL Photographer of the Year 2022 competition’s Wild Portraits section. Two other Polish photographers were also award runner-up in the Landscapes and Under 16s categories.

Fascinating now-and-then photomontages show war-torn Warsaw of 1944 Uprising juxtaposed with today’s vibrant capital

Using a mobile app to calculate the exact time a picture was originally shot, the complex process involved Marcin Dziedzic having to account for weather, light and angles before being able to successfully overlap the parallel worlds of then and now.

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Jerzy Skolimowski's ‘emotional’ road movie about a melancholic donkey is nominated for 2023 Oscars

Chosen alongside All Quiet on the Western Front, Santiago Mitre's Argentina 1985, and the Banshees of Inisherin, Skolimowski’s film is billed as a dark exploration of humanity, technology and nature.

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Rzeszów scientists develop phone battery that charges in eight minutes and lasts 68 YEARS!

Produced by The Batteries, the new technology has already been dubbed “a game changer” by the industry press, with the firm hoping to begin large-scale production once work on their “pilot factory” is finished.

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