/ 2026 / Architecture / Abstract

• Prize
  Honorable Mention
• Photographer
  Tomasz Bugała, Poland
• Date of Photograph
  2026
• Instagram
  https://www.instagram.com/ptaszek_leci/

A visual study of centuries-old wooden churches of rural Poland. By stripping these structures of their religious and historical context, the artist treats them as mathematical sculptures. Hand-crafted, weathered wood creates fluid, rhythmic patterns — an interplay of light and shadow on warped surfaces. Pure observation, stripping away narrative and nostalgia to reveal what remains: geometry, rhythm, and the silent mathematics of time made visible in wood.

Tomasz Bugala is a photographer based in Upper Silesia, Poland — a region shaped by industrial precision and vernacular craft. Working at the intersection of mathematical thinking and organic decay, his lens finds abstract sculpture within the vanishing wooden architecture of rural Poland. He was named a Nominee at the Fine Art Photography Awards (FAPA) in 2026, and received first prize in the architectural photography competition organized by the Museum of the Opole Village.

Awards - Nominee - Fine Art Photography Awards (FAPA), 2026
- 1st Prize - Architectural Photography Competition, Museum of the Opole Village, 2024