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365 photography challenge
In 2020 I’m planning to do what I often considered doing, a project I often was curious about, laughed at, had mixed feelings about and...
Michal Dzierza
Jan 1, 20201 min read


Italy on film – 35mm and 120mm
A recent trip to Italy was a perfect opportunity to use extensively my two film cameras – the 35mm Olympus OM1 I’m completely in love...
Michal Dzierza
Dec 12, 20181 min read


Jason Kwan – portraits
View fullsize Jason Kwan is originally from Hong Kong, but lives in London where he works as a glam pop singer, songwriter and performer....
Michal Dzierza
Aug 13, 20181 min read


Portrait shoot: Matthew James Morrisson
Matthew James Morrisson is a London-based actor and model. I photographed him in February 2018 in Southwark, London. Here are a few of my...
Michal Dzierza
Feb 14, 20181 min read


Margate in pictures
So many of my friends have recently moved out of London and chosen to live by the sea in Kent. If for some reason I got lost in...
Michal Dzierza
Nov 27, 20172 min read


Barbican sunset
I do love the Barbican. The concrete, the endless curves, angles and lines. Thee people, the activity, the oppressiveness and the endless...
Michal Dzierza
Nov 25, 20171 min read


West End Boys part 2
Excuse the stupid pun in the title, but since I already used it in my June post, I thought… Anyway, walked around the most...
Michal Dzierza
Nov 24, 20171 min read


New black and white portraits
In between client film work I’ve been taking some pictures of the people I meet professionally or privately. These two gentlemen are...
Michal Dzierza
Sep 13, 20171 min read


West End Boys
That smell of deep-fried meat. The fumes. The perfumes. The chewing gum and spilt beer on the pavements. The rubbish bags, the...
Michal Dzierza
Jun 27, 20171 min read


Trafalgar Square vigil – in pictures
Last night Londoners and visitors to London came together again to show their support for the victims of the Westminster Bridge attack...
Michal Dzierza
Mar 24, 20171 min read


London weather in 5 pictures (plus what happens to pigeons when it rains)
It was a cloudy Saturday afternoon in March, I had just left the Royal Academy in London’s Piccadilly having seen the Russian Revolution...
Michal Dzierza
Mar 9, 20171 min read


Peering through London’s steamy windows
Cold winter nights in London. Steamed up windows. People exhaling hot air and cigarette smoke. Love it. Here are a few pictures I took...
Michal Dzierza
Jan 27, 20171 min read


Tate Modern Switch House – following the lines, curves and angles
My first visit to the new Tate Modern extension in June was a bit chaotic. The lifts seemed a bit complicated, the art a bit...
Michal Dzierza
Sep 14, 20161 min read


Botticelli, Elytra and random legs
I went to the V&A today to see Botticelli Reimagined – an exhibition charting the painter’s influence on everything – from F1 car...
Michal Dzierza
Jun 19, 20161 min read


Where Waterloo Bridge ends…
…a subway begins. The bridge offers some of the finest views of London (in fact I think the finest view of London – I used to cycle to...
Michal Dzierza
Mar 8, 20161 min read


Not quite noir, but …
Yesterday was one of those rare days I was able to pick up my camera and roam the streets of London taking pictures and filming for...
Michal Dzierza
Mar 4, 20161 min read


The best of (my) Lumiere London 2016
The festival of light has been and gone. I’m sure it’ll be back, it was delightful. Mostly. When it worked. I went with a group of...
Michal Dzierza
Jan 18, 20161 min read


I got a nice thank you gift for #shotoniphone6
I got a huge parcel – and an even bigger surprise – this morning. It came from the nice guys at Apple. Although to be perfectly honest, I...
Michal Dzierza
Nov 11, 20151 min read


Storehouse: how to kill a great app
I’m really really sorry to say that, but the new Storehouse 2.0 app is dreadful. And I know I’m not the only one feeling completely...
Michal Dzierza
Sep 29, 20153 min read


I’m now part of Apple’s World Gallery
Have you ever seen the Shot on iPhone 6 images? I bet you have, they seem to be everywhere – tube, billboards, online, newspapers. The...
Michal Dzierza
Jul 20, 20151 min read
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