KAT PIWECKA

International celebrity photographer, 
travel journalist and book author 

An economist by education, a photographer by profession and a traveller by passion. 

Since 2009, she has been running Kat Piwecka Photography Studio, specializing in portrait photography. Her distinctive style – simple and minimalist black-and-white close-ups capturing emotions and human connections – has earned wide acclaim among celebrities.

To celebrate the 10th anniversary of her artistic career, she published the exclusive photo book PORTRAITS 2020, featuring potraits of celebrities and inspiring personalities, accompanied by the exhibition of famous women’s portraits #photographedbyKatPiwecka.

As a travel journalist, she has collaborated with numerous Polish media, including Onet.pl, Business Insider Polska, Oh!Me, Imperium Kobiet, Law Business Quality, as well as with the portuguese platform SAPO.PT. Many years ago, she found her second home in Portugal, which inspired her to publish the book IN LOVE WITH PORTUGAL, which is sold worldwide.

As an expert in photography, she supports other photographers through workshops and one-on-one mentoring. She is the author of the first marketing guide for photographers on the polish market – “From Family Photographer to Celebrity Photographer – The Secret of My Success”, and the creator and academic supervisor of the postgraduate program Business and Marketing for Photographers at Merito University. 

She takes a special interest in social photography. She strongly believes her mission as a photographer is to show with a picture important issues and problems affecting other people, to get people used to those things, which are not talked about enough. She is the author of the controversial exhibition of the portraits of breast cancer survivors called “The Beauty and The Breast” which was displayed at the European Parliament in Brussels. 

Privately, she is a fulfilled woman and a happy mother of two adult children, four cats, and one dog. She shares her life between Portugal and Poland. A vegetarian devoted to daily yoga and meditation practice. She is a true life enthusiast, passionate about both her work and her personal journey. 

Everywhere I look, I see the light and the shadow. Always together. The shadow follows every gleam of light. I accept all the shadows that I see. I don’t fight with the shadows trying to deliver the perfect lighting. I let the shadow stay in my pictures in the same way as I welcome the light. I take all my photographs with the light and the shadow I already have.

While my travel photography is always full of colours, I totally don’t need the colour in photographing people. I can say that I see the world in colours and I see the people in black and white. In portraiture I focus on the eyes (which are the windows of the soul), emotions, smile, the gaze, the expressions, the feelings. The issue is to stay as close as possible with my camera. That is why all my portraits are close-up compositions with the eyes on the foreground. My style is simplicity and minimalism both with the composition and the lighting. I use the natural daylight caught in the shadow area while taking photos outside and the same natural daylight from the window while taking photos inside. Very rarely I need a little help from the continuous lighting.

Every photoshoot is a meeting. It’s a beautiful time of getting to know eachother, talking about life, exchanging experiences and most of all lots of laughs and good energy. It is simply a time of meeting another human being and having a life talk – and the photoshoot itself is always secondary, the photographs are being taken in between. What you can see on the portrait is the unique connection developed between a photographer and a model. I am so greatful to have the opportunity to meet so many wonderful and inspiring people in my work.

Kat Piwecka

KAT PIWECKA – fotografka gwiazd i dziennikarka podróżnicza 

Od 2009 roku prowadzi Studio Katarzyna Piwecka Fotografia. Specjalizuje się w portrecie. Jej charakterystyczny styl fotografii – proste i minimalistyczne czarnobiałe, bliskie kadry ukazujące emocje i relacje zdobyły wielkie uznanie wśród gwiazd. Z okazji 10-lecia twórczości wydała ekskluzywny album z portretami gwiazd i inspirujących osobistości PORTRAITS 2020, któremu towarzyszyła wystawa portretów znanych kobiet #photographedbyKatPiwecka. Jako dziennikarz podróżniczy współpracowała z wieloma polskimi redakcjami – Onet.pl, Business Insider Polska, Oh!Me, Imperium Kobiet, Law Business Quality oraz z portugalskim SAPO.PT. Wiele lat temu znalazła swój drugi dom w Portugalii, co zaowocowało wydaniem albumu fotograficznego IN LOVE WITH PORTUGAL, który jest sprzedawany na całym świecie. Jako ekspert w dziedzinie fotografii, wspiera młodych fotografów na autorskich warsztatach fotograficznych oraz jako mentor w indywidualnych konsultacjach. Jest autorką pierwszego na rynku polskim podręcznika marketingu dla fotografów “Od fotografki rodzinnej do fotografki gwiazd – sekret mojego sukcesu” oraz twórcą i opiekunem merytorycznym kierunku studiów podyplomowych Biznes i Marketing Fotografa na Uniwersytecie Merito. Prywatnie spełniona kobieta oraz szczęśliwa mama dwójki dorosłych już dzieci, czterech kotów i jednego pieska. Wegetarianka uzależniona od codziennej praktyki jogi i medytacji. Absolutna pasjonatka życia i pracy. 

MOJA MISJA 
– Dawać ludziom wspaniałe przeżycie i super energię podczas sesji oraz piękną pamiątkę na całe życie w postaci zdjęć.
– Dzielić się pięknem tego świata w artykułach i książkach podróżniczych.
– Wykorzystując wrażliwość na problemy innych ludzi, poruszać za pomocą zdjęć ważne tematy społeczne.
– Przekazywać swoje doświadczenie i inspirować innych fotografów do tworzenia i wiary w swoją wartość.