"My portraits are very subjective," says the Polish photographer Krysztof Gieraltowski. "I try to choose one trait of my models and build upon it, visualise it. I photograph everyone in the way that I see fit. I’m always questioning my choice of people, their photos and opinions that I have of them."
Gieraltowski has a style that is completely different from any other great photographer.
The great composer Witold Lutoslawski by Krysztof Gieraltowski. Unfortunately many of these photos are undated. Lutoslawski died in 1994.
Nobel Prize laureate Czeslaw Milosz by Krysztof Gieraltowski. What an outstanding portrait!
Feliks Topolski by Krysztof Gieraltowski. I'm a huge fan of this painter and draughtsman, who has drawn so many wonderful portraits of favourites of mine: Aldous Huxley, T. S. Eliot, Andrei Tarkovsky. Topolski died in 1989.
Pope John Paul II by Krysztof Gieraltowski.
Director Janusz Kijowski by Krysztof Gieraltowski.
Artist Jonasz Stern by Krysztof Gieraltowski, before 1984.
Composer Hanna Kulenty by Krysztof Gieraltowski.
Architect Han Van Ardenne by Krysztof Gieraltowski.
Another photo of Czeslaw Milosz by Krysztof Gieraltowski, 2001. This seems to be from the same sitting as the one above.
A spectacular portrait of the fine German actress Heidrun Perdelwitz, by Krysztof Gieraltowski. How amazing is this!
So unexpected to come across the saturated colour in this portrait of the actress Dagmara Sieminska. Krysztof Gieraltowski is full of surprises!
Another Nobel Prize laureate - poet Wisława Anna Szymborska - by Krysztof Gieraltowski, 2004.
Philosopher Józef Tischner by Krysztof Gieraltowski, 1997.
Avant-garde artist Erna Rosenstein by Krysztof Gieraltowski, 1985.
Stanisław Lem by Krysztof Gieraltowski, 2002.
Jerzy Kosiński by Krysztof Gieraltowski, 1984.
And to end, these wonderful photo-booth shots of Krzysztof Gierałtowski.
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