Eustachy Kossakowski Archive

This immense archive of over 170.000 photographs is a unique account of economic, political, sport, cultural and everyday life in socialist Poland of the 1950s and the 1960s. They are the life’s work of photographer Eustachy Kossakowski. The collection contains press reportages created in cooperation with socio-cultural magazines, documentation of artistic life including exhibitions, happenings, installations, theatre spectacles and environment art, as well as the social life of artists. The archive also includes conceptual photography projects, which brought Kossakowski recognition in France in 1970s.

这一庞大的超过17万张照片的档案，是对1950年代和1960年代社会主义波兰的经济、政治、体育、文化和日常生活独特记录。这些作品是摄影师尤斯塔什·科萨科夫斯基于一生创作的结晶。该收藏包含与社科学术杂志合作创作的新闻报道，对艺术生活的记录，包括展览、事件、装置艺术、戏剧表演和环境艺术，以及艺术家的社会生活。档案中还包含了概念摄影项目，这些项目在1970年代使科萨科夫斯基于法国获得了认可。