Nowadays, celebration on Independence Day in Poland became a political event. Right-wing
circles organise the great march on 11th of November and year by year the peaceful
demonstration turns into regular riots. In 2014 there were held four different marches.
This may be a symptom of divisions and differentiation of polish society.
Awards Jakub Ochnio (born 1990) member of the Association of Polish Art Photographers, Polish Journalists Association and Photographic and Audiovisual Artists Association of Lower Silesia. Chairman of AFTERIMAGE Collective of Photographers. Collaborator in FORUM Polish Photography Agency. In the center of his interests is a man in terms of documentary and reportage.
Finalist of the most important photojournalism Polish and Lithuanian contest: Grand Press Photo, BZ WBK Press Foto and The Circle of Life. He won nearly 20 international awards (inter alia “Oscar photography” - International Photography Award) and over 50 national. In 2013 he was awarded the title Artiste FIAP by the International Federation of Photographic Art.
His work has been published for more than 140 exhibitions in Poland, Macedonia, Serbia, Slovenia, Turkey, Croatia, Lithuania, Montenegro, Slovakia, Argentina, France, Spain, Egypt, Bangladesh, the Czech Republic and the USA. In 2014 he was awarded the Sub-Carpathian Region Award for outstanding achievement in the arts.
Scientist and lecturer at University of Information Technology and Management in Rzeszów and University of Wrocław. He is a graduate of ethnology (UWr), sociology (UWr) and journalism and social communication (UiTM). He received a scholarship of the Ministry of Science and Higher Education three times. He is a member of the Polish Semiotic Societiety and the Polish Communication Association.
Frequently gave lectures and workshops with reportage, document, photo editing, history of photography and press portrait (inter alia of the Ministry of Culture and the Ministry of Labour founds).
