Marta Szymanska

Marta Szymanska is a photography curator from Poland. She has been creating Fotofestiwal - International Festival of Photography in Lodz since 2004 and Fotofestiwal Collective since 2017. She gained experience in curatorial work and organizational management as vice president of the Archeology of Photography Foundation (2014-2019) which which is dedicated to preserving photographic archives. Marta cooperates also with Sputnik Photos, the collective of photographers from Central and Eastern Europe. Her curatorial experience includes exhibitions: “Tender Attention” (2021, Museum of Art in Lodz), “Long life for Belarus” (2021; Pilecki Institute in Berlin, Festival of Journalism in Insbruck, Austria), “Be a Lady - contemporary woman photographers in Belarus” (2020, Month of Photography in Minsk), „On the Verge” (2022, 2023; Fotofestiwal Lodz; Camera - Centro Italiano per Fotografia, Torino; Copenhagen Photo Festival). Marta is an active portfolio reviewer and she supports artists in their creative process. She graduated with a degree in literature and language studies, so she is particularly interested in building relationships between photographs and text in a project. In addition, she is interested in activist and engaged practices, archive-based projects and photography from Central and Eastern Europe.