Dimensions: 40 x 50 cm (sheet)
signed, dated, numbered and described in pencil at the bottom: '02/15 near Wroclaw Chris Niedenthal'.
ed. 2/15
Biography
Born into a Polish family in London. Studied photography at the London College of Printing.
In 1973 he came to Poland, where he lives until today.
In the 1980s he worked with the American weekly "Newsweek", "Time Magazine", "Der Spiegel".
As a photojournalist, he did reportage throughout eastern and central Europe, the Soviet Union and the Balkans.
He witnessed the rise of the free trade union "Solidarity" during the 1980 strike at the Lenin shipyard in Gdansk, as well as the imposition of martial law in Poland in December 1981, and later documented the fall of communism in 1989.
He won an award in the World Press Photo competition in 1986 for his portrait of Hungarian leader Janos Kadar.
Four albums of his photographs have been published in Poland: "Polish People's Republic. Rekwizyty" (BOSZ 2004), "13/12. Polska Stanu Wojennego" (Edipresse 2006), "In Your Face" (Edition Fototapeta 2011), "Chris Niedenthal. Selected Photographs 1973-1989", "Chris Niedenthal 1989. Year of Hope" (BOSZ 2017) .
In 2011 his autobiography was published "Chris Niedenthal. Zawód: Fotograf" (Marginesy).
For many years he worked on a series of photographs on children with intellectual disabilities, which he presented in the form of exhibitions in many cities in Poland and abroad (including "Taboo: Portraits of the Unportrayed," "PracujeMY," "Letters to Son").
He lives in Warsaw.
