About Adam
My Photography
Photography is not something I rush.
It is a way of slowing down long enough for a moment to reveal its character. I watch how light shapes a landscape or how a living creature settles into its space. I try to follow the quiet movements that usually pass unnoticed. These moments have their own truth and this is what I want to reflect through my images.
I am not driven by trends or by needing to impress anyone.
My focus is simply to create images that feel honest. If a photograph encourages someone to pause or to look a little deeper, that is enough. For me, photography is not about perfection. It is about noticing meaning in familiar places. It is about recognising fragility as well as beauty. It is about understanding that even ordinary moments can hold something worth keeping.
This is how I try to work: Quietly. Thoughtfully. With respect.
Grateful for the places and creatures that allow me into their world. In the end, I hope the images I create offer you a sense of calm, connection, and a reminder of how much there is to appreciate when we look slowly.
I try to look at the world with patience
Inspired by My Father
Much of my creative outlook was shaped by my father, Andres (Andrzej) Kossowski — known later as Andre — who was born near Warsaw in 1929 and spent his life pursuing exploration, innovation, and art. After the Second World War, he and his brothers sought a new beginning in South America, where he became an original co-founder of Promar TV, Venezuela’s first private television station. His curiosity about the land and its possibilities also led him into the field of photogrammetry and aerial mapping, where he helped chart previously unmapped regions and supported urban planning during a time of rapid change.
Although engineering and cartography were his profession, art was his lifelong passion. He drew, painted, photographed, and travelled widely — from remote regions of Venezuela to the wild spaces of Namibia — always observing the world with a quiet fascination. That same way of seeing continues to influence how I approach my photography: as an act of exploration and storytelling.
Publications
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Issue: 5/ May 2024. Quarterly Magazine For The Arts - Painting and Photography.
Photo: “Pitter Patter” (Flamingo).
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Featured Choice of Readers Travel Photos.
Photo: “BR115 Night” (Boat At Night).
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Selection of 12 photos for calendar featuring “Natures Feathered Beauty”.
Photo: “Ruby” (Flamingo)
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Front cover “A Nose For Fine Dining” (2023 10 11)
Photo: “Nhomphu Endzeni” (Buffalo and Oxpecker)