Tomasz Laczny
is a visual artist, researcher, bookmaker and educator who in his practice mainly focuses on making photobooks. Formerly, he worked in the field of commerce, creating computer-generated images that mostly reflected futuristic visions. However, now, his concentration has shifted towards the past and particularly, his own family history as is the case with ‘Erna Helena Ania’.
BLOW UP PRESS
The publishing house BLOW UP PRESS was founded by editor Grzegorz Kosmala and designer Aneta Kowalczyk in 2012. Originally, BUP was an online publisher that converted to print in 2016. Currently, they are based in Warsaw, Poland and focus on making photobooks that reveal thought-provoking stories reflecting on the contemporary world.
Erna Helena Ania has been recently acquired to the MoMA library collection and is available for purchase here.
Curator of Discarded Magazine & XXX
She is a photographer and writer dealing with the topics of trauma, gender and sexuality.