MICHAŁ OPRYSZCZKO – PROVIDER OF ‘SPIRITS’ AND BEER

As well as pulling the occasional ‘pint’ of Żywiec for me down at Rubikon, Michał Opryszczko also takes photographs..! In fact, the whole bar is proving to be a magnificent resource of young talent and good conversation, with Michał ranking as one amongst three of the gifted bar staff who have studied art… (Situated in Nowy Świat, our adopted local by the way is well worth a visit if you’re ever passing through Białystok).

Michał Opryszczko - 'Look To Another Time'

Now I know, Art, more than any other activity, is overloaded with amateurs, and it doesn’t come as much of a surprise, if and when you’ve been rumbled as an artist, to learn that just about everyone you meet in a bar daubs a bit here and chisels a bit there themselves. What does occasionally come as a surprise however is when some actually turn out to be the genuine article and even more – good…!

This thankfully is the case with Michał. Young he may well be, but already he is showing promise beyond his age. As a photographer he already flogs the odd shot or two to the press and in my opinion is beginning to build a portfolio which has in it the odd photo or two which rank as some of the best work I’ve seen here in Poland since my arrival two years ago!

His work is well worth a look here.