Validity Period is an artistic photo project focusing on the issues of overproduction and the disposable society (21 photos). The co-author is Pavlo Kyryk, a Ukrainian writer and artistic creator.
The project was implemented in 2021 in Kraków. For three months, we visited local waste collection points. Found objects were used to build installations that convey the atmosphere of domestic life.
The shooting process often turned into a performance. Random passersby stopped, approached to talk, took photos, and laughed. Sometimes, they even threatened to call the police. However, most of the time, they pretended not to notice anything.
exhibition at DOM Gallery in Riga (Latvia, 2024)
nominated for The Fine Art Photography Awards, 2021
published in Kwartalnik Fotografia magazine №48/2025
published on the Culture.pl platform
published in The Eye of Photography magazine
published in Echo Gone Wrong magazine
featured on the Instagram account of World Press Photo
nominated for The Fine Art Photography Awards, 2021
published in Kwartalnik Fotografia magazine №48/2025
published on the Culture.pl platform
published in The Eye of Photography magazine
published in Echo Gone Wrong magazine
featured on the Instagram account of World Press Photo
Pavlo is a laureate of the Creative Scholarships of the City of Kraków 2024
and the Smoloskyp Publishing House Literary Competition (Kyiv, 2016).
He has also worked with the National Museum in Kraków.
