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WOODEN HUT ON THE LAKE: Lifting the spirit of humanity.

October 19, 2014 by Katrina Kocialkowska

I couldn’t help wondering – perhaps our descendants had a more aquatic past in their veins? I wanted to know the origins of man’s willingness to build in such extreme environment… Could it be true, that we began constructing on the shore and then gradually moved on to building on dry land? An image of me photographing the wildlife on the Prespa Lake. From the very first encounter I have admired the pile-founded constructions as a reflection of utopian […]

Categories: Architecture, Design, Humanity, Photography, Travel

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JERUSALEM: Touching the Soul of the Wall.

August 19, 2014 by Katrina Kocialkowska

The moment, I have touched the, heavy, textured wall… I felt veins of life pumping inside the stone in a powerful but steady pace. My hand did not want to let go… I have experienced an elating feeling in my entire body. It was a thrilling encounter and a spiritual exchange between me and the soul of the wall. “ Jews may often be seen sitting for hours at the Wailing-place bent in sorrowful meditation over the history of their […]

Categories: Architecture, Humanity, Photography, Travel • Tags: architecture, jerusalem, stone

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The Story began on the Sea…

July 10, 2014 by Katrina Kocialkowska

Desire is the root of our passion, our power and drive towards happiness. It can guide us to the highest destiny. And lead us on adventures that change the course of our lives. This book is a selection of short essays complied along my research journey; in an attempt to demystify the causes of the misery of our modern society. This undertaking was the most absorbing and gratifying time of my life. I can truly say, that, in the course […]

Categories: Architecture, Humanity, Travel • Tags: environment, Floating Architecture, ocean, sea

MACAKIZI – An Effortlessly Hedonistic Hideaway

May 10, 2013 by Katrina Kocialkowska

“This is without a doubt the coolest hotel in the Mediterranean – a skilful balancing act between the simple, the laid-back, the sophisticated and the luxurious.” This is one of my editing projects that I have done for HIP Hotels Media. Photography and text by Herbert Ypma. Tucked into the hillside of a small bay in a quiet, untouched corner of the Aegean, Macakizi is an effortlessly hedonistic hideaway. Stone floors, white walls, limed oak furniture, and iconic cushions by Turkish fashion […]

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Poul Henningsen’s Iconic Lamps.

May 7, 2013 by Katrina Kocialkowska

Designed by the Dane Poul Henningsen over 40 years ago, the PH Artichoke is a truly modern classic. So called because it resembles an artichoke although, according to Wikipedia, its original name in Danish was PH Kogle, which translates as conifer cone, which, it might be said, it resembles more closely. When Henningsen was asked to design a lamp for the Langeline Pavilion, a restaurant in Copenhagen, in 1958, it took him only three months to come up with the […]

Categories: Design Icon, Influential Figure • Tags: Design Icon

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Underwater Photography: Turning my body into a Floating Platform.

May 3, 2013 by Katrina Kocialkowska

What I find most exciting about the Underwater Photography is the experience of my body turning into a Floating Platform on which the Camera Rests and the magic starts to happen… The film and the photography for me is a tool, a way of looking at things … a means of recording my self-exploration… and it gives me a broader chance to gain knowledge from my experience, it helps me to understand my presence within the environment. I have experimented […]

Categories: Photography, Travel • Tags: Underwater Photography

Floating Stones: The Architecture of the City of Venice.

May 1, 2013 by Katrina Kocialkowska

For the global imagination, Italian architecture is exemplified by the magnificent city of Venice. «…Let me reiterate: water equals time and provides beauty with its double. Part water, we serve beauty in the same fashion. By rubbing water, this city improves time’s looks, beautifies the future. That’s what the role of this city in the universe is. Because the city is static while we are moving. The tear is proof of that. Because we go and beauty stays. Because we […]

Categories: Architecture, Photography • Tags: Floating Architecture, Venice

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All about Eve: “If you are careful with people, they will offer you part of themselves. That is the big secret.”

April 24, 2013 by Katrina Kocialkowska

“If a photographer cares about the people before the lens and is compassionate, much is given. It is the photographer, not the camera, that is the instrument.” This is a fascinating insight into the life and works of Eve Arnold, with many personal accounts and a vivid history of her work shown through her photography. Eve Arnold is an American photojournalist. She joined Magnum Photos agency in 1951, and became a full member in 1957. Her interest in becoming a […]

Categories: Humanity, Influential Figure, Photography, Travel • Tags: Eve Arnold, photography

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FLOATING UTOPIA: An exhilarating journey to self-discovery.

April 24, 2013 by Katrina Kocialkowska

“In the emerald, calm waters peacefully she lay… Seeking gentle touch of the innocent Escape. And she found it! Veiled fantasies; trapped melodies! There they were! All secretly buried inside her.” I wrote this short poem in an attempt to communicate the state of my mind while my body was weightlessly floating in the gentle waves of the ocean. As I slowly immerse my body into the waters of the ocean… I become relaxed and peaceful. I feel serene […]

Categories: Humanity, Photography, Travel • Tags: floating woman, Humanity, ocean, poem, unity, utopia

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