Entitled ‘Remembering Krzysztof’, it is the work of Piotr Jaxa, who accompanied Kieślowski’s crew during the nine months-shooting in Paris of the Three Colours trilogy.
The exhibition had earlier been shown in France, Switzerland and several Polish cities. It remains on view in Warsaw until March 1.
Piotr Jaxa is a cinematographer and photographer. Born in Poland, he graduated from the National Film School in Łódź and has worked as Director of Photography on a range of fictional and documentary films worldwide. He has resided in Switzerland since 1982.
The Three Colours trilogy is Kieślowski’s meditation on the French motto of equality, liberty, and fraternity. Its first part, Blue , was released in 1993. All the films were widely celebrated, earning Kieslowski an Academy Award Best Director nomination for Red, as well as the Best Foreign Film title from the New York Film Critics Circle, also for Red, a Golden Lion from the Venice International Film Festival for Blue, and a Silver Bear for Best Director at the Berlin International Film Festival for White.
Kieślowski died in 1996 at the age of fifty four. Apart from the Three Colours trilogy, he achieved worldwide critical and popular success for The Double Life of Veronique and The Decalogue series.
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