Description of the lecture
‘An Endless Journey’ explores the process of building long-term photographic projects and the evolving awareness of the photographer throughout their creation. The lecture highlights how projects often begin with intuition or a personal question that gradually develops into a deeper visual narrative. A central theme is working with people — emphasizing attentiveness, empathy, and genuine presence in relation to the other person. Lazar underlines the importance of responsibility and ethical awareness when portraying someone’s story. He also speaks about patience, doubt, and openness as essential elements of the creative process. Ultimately, the lecture presents photography as a continuous journey of growth, human connection, and conscious seeing.
Biography
Independent photographer, artist, and lecturer at the Academy of Fine Arts in Szczecin. Since 2014, a Global Ambassador for Fujifilm. Recipient of numerous awards, including World Press Photo, Picture of the Year International, CHIPP, Sony World Photography Award, BZ WBK Press Photo, Grand Press Photo, and the Lumix Festival for Young Journalism. His work has been published in many prestigious titles, such as The New York Times, Newsweek International, The Sunday Times Magazine, The New Yorker, The Washington Post, and New York Magazine.
His projects have been presented worldwide at photography festivals across Europe, Asia, and the Americas. For the project “Theatre of Life,” he received the Grand Prix at the Photography Festival in Łódź.
On behalf of New York Magazine, The Cut Magazine and CR Fashion Book he prepared works from Fashion Weeks in London, Milan and Paris. In 2016 The Chanel invited him to be the photographer of the house to produce material from their individual show in Hamburg. For Paris Opera he made a photoshoot which images were used for a poster celebrating the 350th anniversary of this institution.
Recently he was invited to „Wednesday” filmset by Tim Burton do capture the atmosphere, mood and emotions between actors and the crew.
He is primarily interested in long-term projects focused on society and the human mind. He currently lives in Warsaw.