The photography studio of Workshops of Culture is a place dedicated to noble, historical photographic techniques. Here you can learn the secrets of a variety of analogue techniques, see what the work of photographers and lab assistants looked like 100 years ago, commission a custom portrait or purchase landscape photographs..

Can you think of a more beautiful and meaningful place for a photography studio than the Hartwig Alley? The alley is one of the most beautiful corners of Lublin’s city centre, a place named after the Hartwig family, which produced outstanding representatives of Polish culture, including Edward Hartwig, one of the world’s most famous Polish photographers of the 20th century. It turns out that it is possible, though very unlikely.

On October 22, 2015, Workshops of Culture opened a new, permanent photography studio in the Hartwig Alley. This studio focuses on noble, historical photographic processes, where visitors can learn about various techniques of analogue photography and the work of turn-of-the-century photographers and lab technicians. There is also the opportunity to commission a portrait or purchase landscape photographs. During the workshops that take place here, you will meet acclaimed photographers who pass on their knowledge to the next generation. In the summer, the Alley becomes an open-air gallery of works by old masters of photography. At the risk of sounding immodest, we would like to believe that we will pass on our passion for noble analogue photography to the inhabitants of Lublin and Europe. We hope that, inspired by Master Hartwig’s explorations and works, we will all immerse ourselves in noble black and white landscape and portrait photography.

Photography Studio from 100 years ago

Visit the Photography Studio in the Hartwig Alley, discover the secrets of noble photography techniques and explore how photographers worked 100 years ago.

The Hartwig Alley in Lublin is home to the small Photography Studio run by Roman Krawczenko, an artist-photographer specialising in noble photography techniques. While visiting this magical place, you can discover what an old photography studio looked like and how it operated and how photographers and lab assistants worked at the turn of the 20th century.  You can also get acquainted with noble photography techniques and their history.

The tour covers:

• ambrotype technique
• the history of photography
• cameras of our great grandparents and how they worked
• the darkroom
• checking out how an image emerges on paper or glass

You can also make a glass portrait using the collodion technique.

Roman Krawczenko. Contemporary Culture Department

Photographer, historian, instructor. Since 2015 he has been running the Photography Studio of Workshops of Culture, located in one of the most beautiful corners of Lublin’s city centre and named after the Hartwig family. While working in Poland, Roman has developed his own alternative photographic technique, which is the result of three years (2015-2018) of experimenting with four historical photographic techniques – wet plate collodion, ambrotype, verre eglomise and orotone. Roman has given the name Lublintone to this mixed photographic technique, created in Lublin. In May 2016, works in this technique were exhibited for the first time at the Festival of Analogue Photography in Barcelona (Spain). Roman Krawczenko is happy to share his knowledge and skills with young Polish photographers. Therefore, it is not an exaggeration to say that his efforts contribute to the emergence of a new school of photography in Poland. As a resident of Crimea, Mr. Krawczenko was an informal ambassador of Polish culture. He organised an exhibition on Adam Mickiewicz and the Crimean Sonnets in Bakhchysarai and held many outdoor workshops for Polish photographers. Roman Krawczenko’s photographs were published in The Wet Plate Collodion Day Book (2009). The book features the works of 51 photographers from 13 countries on 3 continents.

Roman’s photos evoke emotions and are admired internationally.

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