The Photographers
Mikolaj Nowacki
Mikolaj Nowacki was born in Wroclaw, Poland in 1972. He is a graduate of the University of Wroclaw, where he obtained a law degree in 1997. Nowacki then began Ph.D. studies, pursuing a doctoral thesis that examined environmental aspects of International Space Law. However, Nowacki renounced law and discontinued his studies to focus on his other passion, photography.
Mikolaj Nowacki was born in Wroclaw, Poland in 1972. He is a
graduate of the University of Wroclaw, where he obtained a law
degree in 1997. Nowacki then began Ph.D. studies, pursuing a
doctoral thesis that examined environmental aspects of
International Space Law. However, Nowacki renounced law and
discontinued his studies to focus on his other passion,
photography.
From 2004 to 2006, he worked full-time as a photojournalist for
the most influential Polish daily, Gazeta Wyborcza. During this
time he also worked with the daily, Polska The Times, and Finland's
national newspaper, Helsingin Sanomat. Nowacki also published his
photo reportages in the Polish editions of National Geographic,
National Geographic Traveler, Newsweek and the Polish weekly
magazine Polityka.
Since 2006, he has participated in many photography workshops with
National Geographic photographer Tomasz Tomaszewski. And in 2010,
he participated in a workshop with Kent Kobersteen, former Director
of Photography and Senior Editor at National Geographic. Nowacki
will be mentored by Antonin Kratochvil.