Image: Muzeum Fotografii w Janowie Lubelskim, New York
Muzeum Fotografii w Janowie Lubelskim has announced the opening of a joint exhibition presentation featuring works by Henryk Malesa and Roman Krupiński. The opening reception is scheduled for 7 August 2026 at 6 p.m., according to the museum’s notice.
The announcement pairs Malesa’s ‘Bagno’ with Krupiński’s ‘Drzwi’, presented as separate bodies of work in the same programme. The museum did not provide additional curatorial text in the source beyond short biographical notes supplied by the artists, but the framing suggests an encounter between two photographic practices rather than a single thematic project.
Malesa is described in the notice as a photographer, a member of the Association of Polish Art Photographers, and a graduate of the Faculty of Law and Administration at the University of Warsaw. The text also lists roles connected to photographic institutions and associations, including the Main Auditing Commission of ZPAF, the Council of the “Centre for Photography” Foundation, and the board of Fotografia Polska Foundation. It notes that he has long been involved with the Polish Jazz Association and that his photography focuses mainly on jazz, while also encompassing human and conceptual photography.
Krupiński is identified as being from Płock, with practice spanning landscape, street, reportage, conceptual photography and portraiture. The notice says he belongs to the Płock Photographic Group and the Płock Photographic Society. It also mentions that his work has appeared in Foto-kurier and on several online platforms, including Photoimaginart, 100ASA, Fotoferia and Plfoto.
No closing date or detailed exhibition schedule was included in the announcement, and the source material provides only the opening reception time. Even so, the pairing of two photographers with distinct areas of focus points to a presentation built around different approaches to contemporary photography, from jazz-related image-making and conceptual work to street, landscape and portrait practice.
The museum’s message was published on 24 July 2026 and directs attention to the vernissage on 7 August. The exhibition titles are given in Polish in the source material, with Malesa’s ‘Bagno’ and Krupiński’s ‘Drzwi’ announced together under the museum’s name.
