BIO

Jola Dziubinska is a Polish freelance photographer who lives and works in Warsaw, capital of Poland. She was born and lived for many years in Lodz, where she attended the University and obtained her Master's Degree in Foreign Trade Economics and passed three State Languages Proficiency Exams (for English, French and Russian languages). She's been working for several years for major Polish foreign trade company and then for the Promotional Office in Lodz City Council. She is a mother of 5 children. Jola's interest in Arts is a family legacy. Her father was a musician, her mother is a professional painter and her sister is an opera singer. She was also singing country music for many years but finaly she decided not to follow professional carier as a singer. Jola entered photography as a hobbyist while being a university student. It was a natural consequence of her numerous travels. As the years went by the phothography became her passion and inseparable part of her life.

Jola Dziubinska is a member of the Polish Nature Photographers' Union (ZPFP).


EXHIBITIONS

Jola landscape and architectural photographs were displayed in six group exhibitions "Beauty of Roztocze region" in the following cities: Zamosc, Narol, Lubartow, Lublin, Zwierzyniec and Lutowiska.
Jola presented her colour landscape photography at PTTK Gallery, Warsaw, 2008.
Jola colour landscape photography was also presented at Central Agricultural Library in Warsaw, 2009.
Monochromatic Memories - Warsaw architecture in sepia - exhibition at PTTK Gallery, Warsaw, 2010.
Retrospective exhibition at Museum of Sport and Tourism, Hala MOSiR, Lodz, July 2010- June 2011. The exhibition covers three different topics: "Polish Landscapes", "Monochromatic Memories - Warsaw Architecture", "The Postcards from Warsaw".
Retrospective exhibition at the "Korytarz Art gallery", The College of Tourisme and Hotel Management, Lodz, 2011
Jola colour landscapes photography was presented at "Gallery Przystanek" in Krasnobrod, 2011.



ARTIST'S STATEMENT

I have always loved travels and it was then when my love for photography started and developed. My first camera was a 35mm SLR Praktica FX 2, that accompanied me in my numerous voyages in Poland, many European countries, Russia, Georgia, United Arab Emirates, Canada and United States where I spent almost two years. Over the years I shot countless rolls of film, mostly B&W negatives and color slides. I developed many of my B&W prints myself in my home darkroom.

I am drawn to nature subjects: landscapes, flowers, trees, weather, rocks, clouds, sunrises and sunsets. My current photo subjects include also architecture and travel photography, flora and fauna, abstract and macro art. My travels have taken me on explorations all around the world, I am always looking for images that enable me to explore unique destinations and to interact with diverse cultures across the globe. I believe that I have an intuitive sense of people and places. My photographic goal is to portray not only the beauty of nature and architecture, the past and the present. I also try to express my feelings connected with those people and places. Often I find the spirit in the rock, the living tree, the window, different objects, giving them name and soul. These are the magical moments that I seek out and am fortunate enough to share through my photography. I hope to make images that search beyond the surface, stop time, and get to an inner reality before the moment vanishes.

Although I am self-taught, photography is my biggest and long-lasting hobby and interest. I have a passion for photography and it is a life-long never-ending challenge for me. And what’s more, I’ve decided to give it the highest priority also in my professional life.

PROCESS STATEMENT

A digital photography became for me a whole new world when I discovered it in 2004. From this moment my photography had moved from film to digital one. I’ve found it very fascinating and giving huge possibilities to use brand new digital photographic techniques together with computer tools in post processing. It gives me kind of the creative control over the final result. I use Nikon Digital cameras with Nikkor lenses and I do my processing with Adobe Photoshop. To those capabilities I add my personal sensitivity on different aspects of life, nature and art.

I use the Nikon Digital cameras with Nikkor, Zeiss, Voigtlander and Tamron lenses and other equipment:

* Nikon D700, D300, D200, D7000
* Nikkor AF-S 14-24mm f/2.8G ED
* Nikkor AF-S 24-70 f/2.8G IF-ED N
* Nikkor AF 35-70 f/2.8D
* Nikkor 17-55mm f/2.8G ED-IF AF-S DX
* Nikkor 50 f/1.4D AF
* Carl Zeiss Makro-Planar T* 2/50 ZF
* Micro-Nikkor Auto 55mm f/3.5
* Micro-Nikkor AF-S 60mm f/2.8G IF-ED N
* Micro-Nikkor 105 f/4 AI-S
* Voigtlander 125mm f/2.5 SL Macro APO-Lanthar
* Tamron SP AF 180mm f/3.5 Di Macro
* Nikkor 105 f/2.5 AI-S
* Nikkor AF-S 300mm f/2.8G ED-IF VR
* Nikkor teleconverters: TC-14E II, TC-17E II, TC-16A
* Flash - Nikon SB800, SB600
* Manfrotto tripod and monopod