My name is Olav Nowiak, and I am an award-winning professional portrait photographer from Poznan, Poland.
My portfolio includes Hollywood movie stars, Academy Award winners, celebrities, politicians, musicians, artists... People fascinate me.
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“Eternities hide in fractions of a second.”
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It is my personal motto, the core of my artistic philosophy, and the idea that made me decide to live and breathe photography.
I primarily create minimalist monochrome images, which isolate the subject in a tightly controlled studio environment. I do occasionally work in color, although I believe that well-executed black and white images have a realness, vividness, and timelessness that color images rarely possess.
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My work has been awarded in various photography competitions, including the prestigious Black & White Spider Awards (with Honorable Mentions in Portrait and Fashion), International Photography Awards (Official Selection in Fine Art, Portrait), Polish Nationwide Portrait Photo Contest (Ogólnopolski Konkurs Fotograficzny Portret), and others.
