Rafal Krol, Dublin, Ireland I was born and grew up in Bielsko-Biala, Poland. In 2004 when Poland become a member of the European Union and the borders were open, I came to Ireland and have lived here since. I bought my first camera (small compact Pentax S30) to record my stay abroad. After the initial fascination of having a camera and taking photographs of everything everywhere, I began to focus on minimalistic black and white seascape and landscape photography for the past few years. Nature, the sea coast and the mountains always have been inspiring to me. These are places which I enjoy visiting most, where I can rest and restore my vital energy. Most of mine photographs are black and white, I believe the lack of colour allows an observer to focus more on the frame and composition. I mostly use medium format cameras, Hasselblad and Holga. International Photo Award (IPA) 2011 Architecture, Bridges Non-pro 1st Place Architecture, Buildings Non-pro 3rd Place 6x Honorable Mention IPA 2012 3x Honorable Mention IPA 2013 Fine Art: Landscape Non-pro 3rd Place 2x Honorable Mention IPA 2014 3x Honorable Mention IPA 2015 4x Honorable Mention PX3 International Photo Competition, Paris 2015 Fine Art, Landscape Non-pro, 3rd Place Royal Hibernian Academy, Dublin, Annual Art Exhibition 2014, 2018 Royal Ulster Academy, Belfast, 133rd Annual Art Exhibition, 2015 Photo Ireland Festival, The Library Project Gallery, Print Fair, Dublin 2016 - 2022