Stable VicesPhotography by Joanna Piotrowska. Courtesy the artist and MACK
The celebrated Polish photographer’s new book explores the complex domestic spaces we inhabit, which are “often built on inequality and violence”
May 05, 2021
Joanna Piotrowska’s photographs are often described as ‘unsettling’ or ‘uncanny’, even ‘disturbing’. The Polish image-maker, who is based in London, is known for her black and white works which mine themes like shelter, violence, domesticity and agency. Captured via shots of bodies or structures with a super-sharp focus, the subtext of such ideas makes for these feelings of unease. Piotrowska’s work has been acclaimed since her graduation from London’s Royal College of Art in 2013, her photographs later appearing in MoMA’s annual