Photography is Everywhere (exhibition for children 7-12 yrs old)

Photography is everywhere. It is used by artists, journalists, doctors, architects, explorers of space and marine depths, teachers, police officers and travellers. In fact, we all use photography every day to tell others about ordinary things and also to document our most significant moments. We cannot imagine life without it. But what if photography had never been invented? What would we never know without photos?

Photography is Everywhere is the first photo exhibition for children in Poland, but adults are more than welcome to join in. Do you know what spider’s eyes or the Moon’s surface really look like? Do you have any idea of what toys children play with in different parts of the world?

Explore this exhibition like a true traveller, investigate it like a fearless detective or analyse it like an ingenious scientist. You decide which path you are going to take. Together, we will find out that the world without photography would be smaller, more boring and less fun. It would be a totally different place.

The exhibition is designed primarily for children aged 7–12, but all other Fotofestiwal attendees are welcome, too.

Photographers: Sávio Freire, Irmina Walczak, Gabriele Galimberti, Caolle Benitah, Karolina Jonderko, Karolina Maliszewska, Kacper Kowalski / Przypływ Gallery, Ireneusz Waledzik, Wiktor Jekimenko, Stefan Brajter, images from NASA archives.

Curators: Katarzyna Sagatowska, Monika Szewczyk-Wittek, Marta Szymańska
Graphic design: Aleksandra Cieślak
Exhibition architecture: Grupa Gdyby (Ewa Kierklo, Stanisław Kempa)
Coordination: Kamila Golik
Co-organiser: Contemporary Art Gallery in Opole
Partner: Veolia Energy Łódź

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Art_Inkubator, Tymienieckiego 3

DID YOU KNOW THAT Art_Inkubator is located in the former factory of Karol Scheibler II, son of the greatest factory owner in Łódź? 

Every firstborn son in the Scheibler family was named Karol. The factory is a part of Księży Młyn, also called a “town in town” or “Polish Manchester”. Scheibler Senior built the largest textile factory in this part of Europe, as well as an estate of workers’ houses, many palaces, hospitals, schools, and parks. Karol Scheibler’s legacy was later developed by Karol Scheibler II, who erected factories at Tymienieckiego and Milionowa Streets. The factory still has the original Russian gauge railway tracks! You will find them near the passage to the new “Fuzja” estate.