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MARCIN
LESKIEWICZ
MAKES IMAGES THAT MOVE YOU
I craft cinematic photography, brutalist-poetic websites and interactive installations. 12 years, 140+ projects, one obsession: images with weight, texture and soul. Scroll — this is not a portfolio, this is a field of vision.
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01 — About / Manifesto
I SHOOT LIGHT,
I BUILD WORLDS
Marcin Leskiewicz is a Polish-born visual artist working at the intersection of documentary honesty and digital hallucination. No stock. No templates. No soulless AI sludge — only crafted frames and hand-written code.
MARCIN LESKIEWICZ
B. 1989, KRAKOW — LIVES IN BERLIN
OPEN TO WORK
For over a decade I've photographed post-industrial landscapes, intimate portraits and restless city nights — then rebuilt them as websites, books and installations. My method is simple: go outside, get lost, bring back truth, then amplify it with technology.
Previously: senior visual lead for cultural institutions, festivals and editorial houses across Europe. Today independent — collaborating with directors, architects, musicians and brands who want more than content. They want presence.
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Capabilities / Obsessions
Medium-format & 35mm film
Cinematic lighting
WebGL / Canvas
Editorial design
Art direction
Darkroom printing
2023 — NOW / INDEPENDENT STUDIO
Studio Leskiewicz — Berlin & Warsaw
Commissions, books, interactive essays. Clients: festivals, galleries, architects, indie labels.
2018 — 2023 / VISUAL LEAD
Culture & Editorial Houses
Led photo + digital teams. 60+ covers, 4 design systems, 2 site-of-the-day honours.
2014 — 2018 / DOCUMENTARY YEARS
Silesia, Balkans, Ruhr — Long-term series
Analog survey of post-industrial Europe. Exhibited in Krakow, Leipzig, Rotterdam.
2012 — 2014 / BEGINNINGS
Self-taught darkroom & first code
From DIY zines to first HTML experiments. The hybrid path started here.
02 — Selected work 2019-2026
FRAMES & INTERFACES
Six worlds. Each one shot on location, then designed pixel by pixel. Hover, click, feel the grain.
Photobook + Web — 2025
Concrete Poetry: Nowa Huta After Dark
120 pages, foil, night walks. 4000 copies sold out.
Installation — 2024
Night Shift — 14 projectors, 1 factory
Immersive loop for Unsound Festival, Krakow.
Editorial — 2024
Faces of the Border
48 portraits, 6 towns, one fragile line on the map.
Interactive — 2023
Analog Future — WebGL Essay
Scroll-driven film grain + code. 2.1M visits.
Exhibition — 2022
Steel and Skin
Leipzig cotton mill takeover. Steel, sweat, silver gelatin.
Music / Artwork — 2026
Quiet Rave — Sleeves & Visuals
Live visuals + 3 vinyl sleeves for Berlin label.
03 — Services / What I do best
NOT A VENDOR.
A CO-AUTHOR.
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Photography & Film
Editorial, portrait, architecture and documentary. Shot on film when it matters, digital when speed matters. Full production included.
- Editorial
- Portrait
- Architecture
- Backstage
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Websites & Interaction
Awwwards-level sites with soul: brutalist layouts, buttery motion, WebGL grain, no bloated builders. Hand-coded, fast, accessible.
- Art Direction
- Design
- Creative Dev
- CMS
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Books, Zines & Identity
From dummy to print: sequencing, typography, paper, binding. Identities that feel printed even on screen.
- Photobooks
- Type
- Layout
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Installations & Live Visuals
Projection mapping, multi-screen loops, stage visuals. I turn spaces into cameras you can walk inside.
- Mapping
- Loops
- Stage
- Workshops
04 — Process / How we’ll work
CHAOS IN,
CLARITY OUT
01
Walk & Talk
90-min deep dive on location or call. No brief bingo — real goals, references, constraints.
02
Contact Sheet
You get raw directions: 3 visual routes, mood, type, motion tests in 7 days.
03
Shoot / Build
Production: film days + design sprints in parallel. Weekly drops, no surprises.
04
Print / Ship
Retouch, edit, code, QA, launch or vernissage. Plus archive built to last decades.
“Marcin doesn’t take pictures. He extracts memory from places. Then he makes the internet feel like paper again.”
Featured in annuals, festival catalogues and three permanent collections. Available for talks on photography as interface.
★★★★★ “The only photographer who art-directed our whole site better than agencies.”
Lena K.Festival Director★★★★★ “Film soul, web speed. Our book sold out, our site won two honours.”
Jonas R.Publisher, Berlin★★★★★ “He stayed 4 hours after the show to get the light right. Legend.”
Marta W.Musician05 — Journal / News & Field notes
LATEST SIGNALS
Process diaries, gear confessions, exhibition news and essays on image-making. Updated from the road and the darkroom.
Newsletter — “Contact Sheet”
One email a month. No spam. New series, failures, print drops.
06 — CONTACT / LET’S MAKE SOMETHING HEAVY & TENDER
Have light?
Let’s shape it.
Currently booking: 2 editorial slots, 1 book, 1 website for autumn 2026. Berlin / Warsaw / everywhere with good shadows.
✉ [email protected]
☎ +48 600 000 000 — Mon–Fri 10–18 CET
◍ Studio: Weserstr. 42, Berlin + Hoża 51, Warsaw
◎ Prints: editions of 7 + 2 AP, signed
▣ Response within 48h, always with a sketch
