Mariusz Adamski
{{Short description|American photographer}}
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| birth_date = {{birth-date and age|10 January 1974}}
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| nationality = American
| field = Photographer and author
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Mariusz "Mike" Adamski (born January 10, 1974) is a USA resident, an American aerial photographer, media manager and defense analyst who has flown many times worldwide with the United States Air Force and Polish Air Force at Krzesiny Air Base.{{cite web|url=https://photos.state.gov/galleries/poland/10628/f16adamski/|title=Renowned Polish Photographer and Marketing Manager Captures F-16s In-Flight|work=United States Department of State|publisher=US Embassy|accessdate=25 May 2010}} He is a graduate of the National Defense University in Warsaw, Poland. Adamski's works have been published in books,{{cite book|author=Jackson, Paul|title=Jane's All the World's Aircraft 2003-2004|publisher=Jane's Information Group|year= 2003|page=328}} postage stamps, important journals{{cite web|url=http://www.satair.com/webcm/satair_resource.nsf/0/CSCT-7EWD5Y/$FILE/BookUK.pdf|title=50 Years With SATAIR|date=2 April 2008|publisher=satair.com|pages=2 (Illustrative credit)|accessdate=25 May 2010}} and aviation publications, such as Aviation Week & Space Technology, Air Forces Monthly and Flight International.{{cite web|url=http://www.flightglobal.com/articles/2007/05/22/214009/e-jets-verdict-operators-views-working-parties.html|title=E-Jets Verdict|date=22 May 2007|work=Flight International|publisher=Flight Global|pages=See caption of bottom most photo credit|accessdate=25 May 2010}}
He is a part of the team of the aviation magazine Skrzydlata Polska (Wings of Poland).{{cite web|url=http://poland.usembassy.gov/embassy-events/embassy-events-2008/polish-c-130es-featured-in-magazine--6-may-2008.html |title=Polish C-130Es Featured in Magazine U.S. Diplomatic Mission to Warsaw, Poland |date=6 May 2008 |publisher=US Diplomatic Mission to Warsaw, Poland |accessdate=25 May 2010 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20081205023023/http://poland.usembassy.gov/embassy-events/embassy-events-2008/polish-c-130es-featured-in-magazine--6-may-2008.html |archivedate=December 5, 2008 }} He is a member of ISAP - International Society for Aviation Photography and ZPAF - Związek Polskich Artystów Fotografików (Association of Polish Art Photographers). Adamski is known for shooting aircraft from unusual perspectives{{cite web|url=http://czytelnia.onet.pl/0,1567525,do_czytania.html|title=Zdjęcia - Mariusz Adamski - Onet.pl Czytelnia|language=Polish|accessdate=25 May 2010}}{{cite web|url=https://translate.google.com/translate?hl=en&sl=pl&u=http://czytelnia.onet.pl/0,1567525,do_czytania.html&ei=8jL8S6OUEI_kNfbP2dUB&sa=X&oi=translate&ct=result&resnum=1&ved=0CBkQ7gEwADgo&prev=/search%3Fq%3DMariusz%2BAdamski%26start%3D40%26hl%3Den%26sa%3DN%26prmd%3Di|title=A fragment of the book "The Passion of flying"|work=Google Translate|publisher=czytelnia.onet.pl|accessdate=25 May 2010}} such as a runway centerline with takeoff jet wake ruffling his clothes{{cite web|url=http://www.airspacemag.com/snapshot/49187502.html|title=Comin' atcha|date=26 June 2009|publisher=Air & Space Magazine|accessdate=25 May 2010|archive-url=https://archive.today/20130117000616/http://www.airspacemag.com/snapshot/49187502.html|archive-date=17 January 2013|url-status=dead}} or through air-to-air photography.
Biography
Adamski specializes in the air-to-air photography on board of maneuverable, supersonic aircraft.[http://www.fotografuj.pl/News/Siegnac_Nieba_fotografie_Mariusza_Adamskiego/id/223 Photo], Fotografuj.pl; accessed 21 January 2016. {{in lang|pl}} He spends hours preparing for aerial sessions and annually puts in research at the Military Institute of Aviation Medicine in Warsaw where he undergoes a series of tests that fighter pilots must experience.{{cite web|url=http://www.pajpress.pl/tit/archiwum/2008/tit51-2008/index_swieta03.htm|title=Przybliża nam niebo| publisher=Pajpress|accessdate=24 May 2010|language=Polish}}
Adamski was the first Pole to be admitted by the American authorities to Cheyenne Mountain Complex (NORAD) and Schriever Air Force Base, where the command and control center of GPS satellites is located. He also aerially photographed the strategic stealth bomber such as the B-2 Spirit.
In 2008, Adamski documented the transfer of C-130E military aircraft from the United States Air Force to the Polish Air Force at Waco, Texas. President George W. Bush had promised the aircraft to equip Poland's heavy airlift needs. This photo shoot was published in the May 2008 Skrzydlata Polska. In May 2008, Adamski traveled to Fort Worth, Texas to photograph 48 F-16 Fighting Falcons being manufactured for the Polish Air Force.{{cite web|url=http://poland.usembassy.gov/embassy-events/embassy-events-2008/polish-f-16s-featured-in-junes-skrzydlata-polska-wings-of-poland-magazine--29-may-2008.html |title=Polish F-16s Featured in June's Skrzydlata Polska (Wings of Poland) Magazine |date=29 May 2008 |work=United States Department of State |publisher=US Embassy |accessdate=25 May 2010 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20100420120921/http://poland.usembassy.gov/embassy-events/embassy-events-2008/polish-f-16s-featured-in-junes-skrzydlata-polska-wings-of-poland-magazine--29-may-2008.html |archivedate=April 20, 2010 }}
During the 11th Annual Polish Air Show in Radom, a direct link off their website directed viewers and referred to Adamski as a "world famous aerial-photographer" and featured his bio.{{cite web|url=http://www.airshow.sp.mil.pl/index.php/en/component/content/?start=20|title=2009 Radom Air Show|publisher=Radom Air Show|accessdate=25 May 2010|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20110717054610/http://www.airshow.sp.mil.pl/index.php/en/component/content/?start=20|archivedate=17 July 2011}}{{cite web|url=http://www.airshow.sp.mil.pl/index.php/en/news/81-wystawy-fotograficzne-na-air-show-2009|title=Photo Displays at the AIR SHOW 2009 Mariusz Adamski Photography|accessdate=25 May 2010|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://archive.today/20090821143317/http://www.airshow.sp.mil.pl/index.php/en/news/81-wystawy-fotograficzne-na-air-show-2009|archivedate=21 August 2009}} A photo display of his work was also present.
In 2018 he obtained US citizenship.
Publications
Adamski has published hundreds of covers in books and magazines and also three authors books - Where Eagles Dare, Reaching for the Sky, and the Passion of Flight, School of Dreams and Per Aspera Ad Astra. He gave a speech at the International Aviation Photography conference in Pensacola, Florida in March 2007.
In 2007 he also published an album collection of 96 photos taken by him over three years. One of the photos is a unique photograph capture of an F-16 in the aerial refueling position from the boom perspective of the pilot.{{cite web|url=http://radom.gazeta.pl/radom/1,36624,4426027.html|title=Sięgnąć nieba - Mariusz Adamski|publisher=Gazeta Radom|language=Polish|date=22 August 2007|accessdate=25 May 2010}}
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