Photograph was taken during the first days of Covid19 pandemia in Cracow, Poland and is a part of my ongoing project "Hands of Pandemia". Hands have an important role in our social life. We shake hands for introduction, to greet. We express ourselves by hands movement, comfort each other. Touch of a hand is an important part of relationships. Now we can't touch each other. We wear plastic gloves and touch of a hand become the first thing to be scared of and to protect from. Something that used to be a symbol of kindness, expression of closeness becomes a danger and the easiest way to get sick.
Joanna Musial (1991, Cracow, Poland) is a Polish visual artist and photographer graduated from the Graphics department at the Jan Matejko Academy of Fine Arts in Cracow, Poland. ln 2020 she defended her master’s degree, with honorable mention. Member of the Archive of Public Protests. Her works has been awarded at IPA Awards, MIFA Awards, TIFA Awards, Prix de la Photographie and published in magazines such as The British Journal, The Calvert Journal, Vogue Poland, National Geographic Poland, Die Zeit, Madrid no Frills, Le Monde Fr, Chime for change by Gucci and others.
Awards 1. November 2020 master's degree, with distinction, in a photography specialty at Jan Matejko Academy of Fine Arts
2. Honorable Mention, PX3 (Prix de la Photographie, Paris) 2020, (France, Paris)
3. Honorable Mention, International Photography Awards x2 (two categories) 2020, (USA)
4. Honorable Mention, Moscow Foto Awards x2(two categories), 2020, (Moscow, Russia)
5. Honorable Mention, PX3 (Prix de la Photographie, Paris), 2019, (France, Paris)
6. Honorable Mention, Moscow Foto Awards x2(two categories), 2019, (Moscow, Russia)
7. Honorable Mention, International Photography Awards, 2019, (USA)
8. Honorable Mention, Tokyo International Foto Awards 2019, (Tokyo, Japan)
9. Honorable Mention, International Photography Awards, 2018, (USA)
10. June 2018 bachelor's degree in photography specialty
