About me

Henri Kisielewski is a French/British documentary photographer based in London. He works on long-form projects in the UK and abroad and he is available for commissions. ⠀

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• Looking for a set designer for a personal project shoot (date tbc). Ideally someone with experience painting old- school theatre backdrops.
• I'm looking for a photo assistant for a personal project shoot this Thursday (2pm) London. Short shoot, celebrity subject, paid in coffee!

Projects

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  Postcard City - Documentary Photo project funded by The Guardian + RPSMy latest project Postcard City explores mass tourism in Lisbon using fado - Lisbon’s urban folk music - as a central metaphor.⁠⠀ ⁠⠀ This project was funded via the Joan Wakelin Bursary (administered by the Guardian and the Royal Photographic Society). A selection of the images and my accompanying text can be found on the Guardian website here: https://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/2020/jul/17/lisbon-back-alley-fado-legends-photo-essay
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  GUNTHER Paris @ Axel Arigato - AW2019Shot for the launch of GUNTHER at the Axel Arigato flagship store in Soho, London. Photographer: Henri Kisielewski Styling and design : Naomi Gunther Brand image director: Gabin Ducourant Assistant: Billy Dawton Models: Alsy Elias and Charles Brou
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  "X" - Documentary Photo project"X" is a collective portrait of womanhood in Iceland in the context of ongoing trans and non-binary rights struggles. This was a self-assigned and self-funded project. A couple of the images were published in the Guardian in 2019 and the project was described as follows: "The photographer Henri Kisielewski travelled to Iceland to capture the moment when this momentous social change took place [an important new bill on trans and non-binary rights had been passed], and to offer an insight into
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  BLM protests - LondonI took these pictures over a couple of days in the wake of George Floyd’s murder. It didn’t feel right to publish them on my instagram as if to say “Look, I’ve done my part”. I've sent the images to BLM LDN who are free to make use of them as they see fit. REMINDER: still no justice for Breonna Taylor.
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  "There Used to be a Wall Here" - Documentary Photo projectThe project involved tracking down the former staff of a disused 19th Century hotel in London, and photographing them in the same spaces they formerly inhabited.⁠⠀ ⁠⠀ The subjects had not returned in two decades and, in the staged portraits, they reenact a life they once had in a place they once knew. Along with the portraits are photos of objects found within the space and the staff's own photographs from their time in there.⁠⠀ ⁠⠀ I am now pursuing this project with other disused spaces across
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  Postcard City - Text (Guardian Feature)The text I wrote to accompany my latest project Postcard City is available to read in its entirety on the Guardian website here: https://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/2020/jul/17/lisbon-back-alley-fado-legends-photo-essay A shortened version of this text also appeared alongside a selection of images in print issue of the Royal Photographic Society Journal in July of 2020.

Work history

Freelance photographerGoogle
Aug 2016 - Aug 20166 Pancras Rd, Kings Cross, London N1C 4AG, UKFreelance
Photographed the newly opened Youtube Space for Google's press and PR branch.

Skills

• Photography
• Commercial Photography
• Portrait Photography
• Retouching
• Editorial Photography
• Project Management
• Article Writing
• Creative Non-fiction
• Analog Photography

Awards

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Joan Wakelin BursaryRoyal Photographic Society ( RPS)