portraiture & celebrity photography

May 2010

Warsaw: Marek Straszewski

Marek Straszewski is one of the leading Polish photographers whose fashion, advertising and beauty images reveal a unique style and contain a certain metaphysical eroticism.

His photographs have appeared on covers and in editorials for numerous Polish and French magazines, and he has shot fashion and portrait work with Elle, Marie Claire, Glamour and Playboy. Marek is also considered a specialist in shooting celebrity portraits. His advertising clients include L'Oréal, Ferrero, Nestlé, UniLever, Coca-Cola and Orange Wempe.

Marek staged individual exhibitions at the post-industrial PZO "gallery" in 2007 and the Fibak's Gallery in 2008, both in Warsaw. He was professor at the European Academy of Photography for three years and also directs TV commercials, shooting clips for Fashion TV and music videos for MTV.

Since 1997, Marek has run his own Warsaw-based photographic studio.