Henryk Derczyński
{{Short description|Polish photographer}}
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Henryk Derczyński (1906–1981) was a photographer who lived in Poland.
Career
Derczyński was a leading photographer in 20th century Poland.{{cite web|title=Polish photography of the 20th century |url=http://culture.pl/pl/wydarzenie/polska-fotografia-xx-wieku |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20140222014626/http://culture.pl/pl/wydarzenie/polska-fotografia-xx-wieku |archivedate=22 February 2014 }}{{cite web|title=DERCZYŃSKI Henry|url=http://www.artinfo.pl/?pid=artists&id=15049&lng=1}} He was educated in Warsaw. After World War II, he documented the fate of citizens forcibly moved to the city of Wrocław (Breslau).{{cite book|last=Sobota|first=Adam|title="Fotografia Polska 1900–1939" ze zbiorów Muzeum Narodowego we Wrocławiu|year=1998}} He later established the Cabinet of Photography in the National Museum, Wrocław.{{cite book|last=Starzewska M, Ziomecki J|title=Rzemiosło artystyczne w Muzeum Śląskim we Wrocławiu.|year=1954}} The city developed into a centre of Polish photography, and Derczyński worked at the forefront of the realist style prevalent at the time.{{cite web|title=Reconstruction of identity|url=http://www.galeriaff.infocentrum.com/2006/dudek/dudek_a.htm}}
Exhibitions and publications
Derczyński displayed numerous exhibitions and wrote many books, including the biography of Jan Bułhak{{cite book|last=Derczyński|first=Henryk|title=Fotografia ojczysta Rzecz o uspołecznieniu fotografii|year=1951|publisher=Zakładu Narodowego|location=Ossolńskich|oclc=037936537 |url=https://www.worldcat.org/oclc/037936537}}—the father of Polish photography—that is considered the most sought-after.{{cite web|last=Bułhak |first=Jan |title=Fotografia ojczysta |url=http://www.foto-info.pl/ksiki-o-fotografii-czytelnia-207/1501-buhak-jan-fotografia-ojczysta-rzecz-o-uspoecznieniu-fotografii.html |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20140222172643/http://www.foto-info.pl/ksiki-o-fotografii-czytelnia-207/1501-buhak-jan-fotografia-ojczysta-rzecz-o-uspoecznieniu-fotografii.html |archivedate=22 February 2014 }}
Inventions
He also created an isohelia technology, a technique that sharpens contrasts and defines three-dimensional images,{{cite book|last=Warren|first=Lynne|title=Encyclopedia of Twentieth-century Photography|year=2006|publisher=CRC Press|isbn=0415976650}} under the brand name "izobrom".{{cite book|last=Sobota|first=Adam|title=Szlachetność Techniki - Artystyczne Dylematy Fotografii w XIX i XX wieku|year=2001|url=http://old.pwsz.glogow.pl/1/biblioteka/e-ksiazki/Szlachetnosc_techniki_1.pdf|access-date=2 July 2016|archive-date=17 August 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160817004903/http://old.pwsz.glogow.pl/1/biblioteka/e-ksiazki/Szlachetnosc_techniki_1.pdf|url-status=dead}}
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Category:Photographers from Wrocław
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