Szymon Zdunczyk (born in 1977) is a graduate of the Gdansk University of Technology and study in Department of Photography at the Polish National Film, Television and Theatre School in Lodz. In 2001 he started photography. He has been the owner of the Foto Oko Agency and professional photographer since 2004. His works were published in the Pozytyw, Tygodnik Powszechny, Gazeta Wyborcza and others.

The awards and honorable mention
 2007
  • 2nd prize exequo in XII Polish Photography Competition PORTRAIT, Trzcianka

    2003
  • Certificate of Achievement Honorable Mention in the International Photography Awards, Los Angeles
  • 2nd prize in Reportage category in the Polish Photography Competition Photo-set, Swidnica
  • City Magazine`s prize for the best photography in VII International Street & Open-Air Theatres Festival - Competition Foto-FETA, Gdansk
  • 2nd prize in the Polish Photography Competition People Countenance

    2002
  • 2nd prize in VII Polish Photography Competition PORTRAIT, Trzcianka
  • Honorable mention in Culture category in V Northern Polish Press Photographic Competition, Gdynia
  • 1st prize in IV Polish Photography Competition Przystanek Woodstock, Zary, Poland
  • Gazeta Wyborcza`s (journal) prize, and Marszalek Wojewodztwa Pomorskiego`s (head of province government administration) prize in VI International Street & Open-Air Theatres Festival - Competition Foto-FETA, Gdansk, Poland


    Shortlists
  • Sony World Photography Awards, in the category of Science, professional finalis, Cannes, 2008
  • 2nd Media Arts Biennal, - Wojciech Prazmowski`s choice who represented Filmschool in Lodz, Warsow 2007
  • Life is beauty - the photography competition, Kielce, Poland, 2007

    Publications
  • Foto-ekstension, Polish National Film, Television and Theatre School`s aniversary publicatons, Lodz, Poland 2008

    Solo exhibition
     2004
  • Przystanek Woodstock – Kontrasty (The Woodstock Station – Contrast), Infinium Club, Gdansk, Poland

    Joint exhibitions
     2008
  • To the sacrum, Gallery of Contemporary Sacred Arts, The Washerwoman`s House, Kielce, Poland
  • Foto.fashion.pl, Poznan, Poland

    2007
  • Europe based on innovation and knowledge, Osimo, Italy - after competition
  • XII Polish Photography Competition PORTRAIT– after competition, Trzcianka, Poland
  • Photography Competition Life is beauty – after competition, Kielce, Poland
  • II Warsow`s Media Art Biennale, Media Art Gallery at the Academy of Fine Art, Warsow
  • XIV International Photography Competition Photo-set, Swidnica, Poland - after competition
  • Versus, student`s of the Filmschool in Lodz and the Academy of Fine Art in Poznan exhibition, Browar Mieszczanski (Town`s Brewery), FotoSpace Festival, Wroclaw, Poland

    2005
  • Enter, student`s of first year the Filmschool in Lodz exhibition, Gdansk University of Technology, Gdansk, Poland
  • 60 lat mignelo - Gdansk University of Technology anniversary exhibition, Gdansk, Poland

    2004
  • Good News in Photography, Middletown Culture Center, Warsow – after competition
  • Exposition of photography during the Pawel Sasin`s sculpture exhibition, ZAK Club, Gdansk, Poland
  • Everyday Life-Circumstances, Camelot Gallery, Krakow, Poland – after competition
  • Confrontation 2004 Polish Photography Exhibition, Gorzow Wielkopolski – after competition
  • V Polish Photography Competition Przystanek Woodstock, Zary, Poland – after competition

    2003
  • Polish Photography Competition Photo-set, Swidnica, Poland – after competition
  • Behind The Stage, Miniature Theatre, Gdansk, Poland
  • Students`s Eye, Gdansk, Poland; Vilnius, Lithuania
  • Chleb nas powszedni, Warsaw
  • VII International Street & Open-Air Theatres Festival - Competifion Foto-FETA, Nowa Oficyna gallery, Gdansk, Poland
  • Polish Press Photographic Competition, ZPAF Old Gallery, Warsow
  • VI International Unconventional Photography Competition Foto Fly-away, Rzeszow, Poland
  • Photography competition SAF ...in the dream..., Baltic Center of Cultur, Gdansk, Poland
  • Polish Photography Competition People Countenance, Otwock – after competition

    2002
  • VII Polish Photography Competition PORTRAIT, Trzcianka, Poland – after competition
  • V Northern Polish Press Photographic Competition, Gdynia, Poland – after competition
  • IV Polish Photography Competition Przystanek Woodstock, Zary, Poland – after competition
  • III Polish Photographic Biennale To Love the Human, Oswiecim, Poland – after competition
  • VI International Street & Open-Air Theatres Festival - Competition Foto-FETA, Gdansk, Poland – after competition