Sep 28, 2020
Bo Lutoslawski (Poland / UK) over the past 40 years has photographed many of the greatest figures in the arts in Europe, spanning the worlds of music, literature, dance and theatre.
Arriving in London from his native Poland in 1980, he was immediately absorbed into the capital’s fast-moving cultural scene, taking portraits of the likes of Glenda Jackson, Tom Stoppard, Bill Brandt, Philip King, Ernst Gombrich, Peter Hall, Tambimuttu, George Martin, Marina Warner, Claes Oldenburg, Lucy Burge, Paloma Picasso, Helaine Blumenfeld, Richard Rogers, John Peel, Anthony Caro, Simon Callow, James Bonas on assignments for Vogue, The Independent, Newsweek, The Illustrated London News, BBC and Harper’s & Queen among others.
His work, however, is not constrained by time or place. And it has absolutely nothing to do with fashion. Instead, it results from a moment of special affinity, a kind of spiritual kinship, between two different personalities – the photographer and sitter.
Max Wykes-Jones in Arts Review said of Bo’s work, “Powerfully baroque and quintessentially Polish photographic images ….”
“For Bo Lutoslawski taking a portrait is like falling in love. His technique is near-telepathic inside into his subject, the way they move, the way they think - a fleeting attempt to catch their true identity. He never asks anyone to smile; and to his delight, they often do.” Sophie Grove, journalist
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