Perfection vs Truth in Contemporary Photography On Wednesday, I had the pleasure of speaking at a private lunch organised by Killik Family Office at the National Portrait Gallery in London. The event brought together a group of thoughtful guests for conversation, good food, and a shared visit to the Taylor Wessing Photo Portrait Prize exhibition—where […]
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Fearless Photographers – family photography awards
I’m thrilled to share that four of my images were recently recognised by Fearless Photographers in their professional family photography competition! And all four feature my favourite tiny muse: my son. If you’ve ever met him, you’ll know that he’s basically powered by some mysterious, inexhaustible internal battery. He is strong-willed, bold, and constantly in […]
Inspiration Photographers [Family photography sessions in London]
Recently seven of my images – all of the ones I submitted! – have been awarded in Inspiration Photographers competition. Inspiration Photographers is an association of best wedding, family and portrait photographers and filmmakers in the world! Each of my photos received either ‘Exceptional’ or ‘Masterpiece’ ratings. I’m so happy that my purely documentary family […]
‘Przędza’ by Natalia de Barbaro.
Natalia de Barbaro ’s book ‘Przędza’ is already available. Natalia, both in person and through her writing, is like spa for my soul and I can’t wait to get my own copy of the book when I travel to Poland this week! Here are a few of the photos we created together during a photo […]
Photo session with the bestselling author Natalia de Barbaro for her upcoming book ‘Przędza’
In January I had the privilege to photograph Natalia de Barbaro – an amazing author and the woman who inspired and guided me, in more ways than one, to take a huge leap of faith and redesign my life, for her upcoming second book ‘Przędza’ (‘Yarn’). We met at her home on the outskirts of […]
Agata Photography published in ‘Wysokie Obcasy’!
“Your photos have been published in a magazine”. What an amazing thing for a documentary photographer to read! As a family photographer based in London but photographing all over the world, including in my native Poland, I love being able to reach new people in this way. It felt amazing to read this but even […]
Best documentary family photographer in the UK!
As a London-based child and family documentary photographer I absolutely love capturing natural, candid moments in an artistic way. I have been thinking how to caption this, something interesting, original… The only thing I have managed to come up with is: Yyyyeeeeeaaaahhhh!!!! Throughout the year I received 10 individual image awards and two story awards! […]
This is Reportage Family – Interview
Recently I was interviewed for This is Reportage Family podcast. It was fun talking with Alan but I still haven’t mustered the courage to listen to it! SO if you do, please let me know how it went 😊 Here is where you can listen to it: This is Reportage Family website: https://thisisreportage.com/podcast-episode-95-this-is-agata-szymanowicz/ iTunes/Apple Podcasts […]
‘Equanimity’ – award winning image
This image was taken at the beginning of the pandemic, during the first lockdown. I had managed to order a garden swing only days before the whole country ground to a halt, and it kept us all sane for the next three months. My kids – almost three and almost seven at that time – […]
Raising bilingual children [Natural child photographer in London]
We are a bilingual Polish-English family living in London. There are some well-documented advantages of bilingualism. It’s supposed to positively impact kids’ creativity, cultural awareness, social and listening skills and overall cognitive development. All these are great but for me, as a mother of bilingual, Polish-English kids, the best thing is when one of my […]