\nRyszard Horowitz<\/strong> was a pioneer in using special effects in photography in the digital imaging era. Many works have been created as a result of technological development with the use of innovative techniques and computer programs. He became a model for designers and photographers working on commercials, he was a world trendsetter and an inspiration for generations of photographers. Horowitz<\/strong> is at the same time a very interesting character whose life, as he himself underlines in interviews, could be a complete movie script. He was born on May 5, 1939 in Cracow. Four months later, Poland fell under the Nazi Germany occupation, his entire family was arrested and its members were kept in various concentration camps. Their survival was a miracle, and when the war ended, they settled again in Cracow just like many other Jewish families. Ryszard Horowitz<\/strong> belongs to the youngest survivors of Auschwitz. He attended the High School of Fine Arts in Cracow, and then studied at the Academy of Fine Arts in his hometown. In 1956, which was a short period of political and cultural rest in Poland, the time of government subsidizing innovative, original artistic forms, Cracow suddenly became a center for avant-garde jazz, painting, theater and film. Seventeen at that time Horowitz<\/strong> took full advantage of that revival and eventually became fascinated with American photography. In 1959, he emigrated to the United States and started studies at the famous New York Pratt Institute. At that time, he received a scholarship from Alexey Brodovitch \u2013 one of the most influential persons in the publishing graphics and photography circles. He worked in many cinematography institutions, design and photography studios. The proof of the high reputation he earned at that time was entrusting him with a position of an art director at one of the largest and best advertising agencies in the world, the New York-based Grey Advertising. In November 1967, he opened his own photography studio which he still runs. Photography is not only a profession, but also his life passion. For the next forty years, his works have been exhibited, published and got into world\u2019s collections. Ryszard Horowitz<\/strong> received all major awards and titles granted to photographers. In the early phase of his career, the artist used various techniques of photography, retouching, multiple plates exposure or manipulation in a darkroom. When computer image processing techniques did not exist, he achieved extraordinary aesthetic effects and created images that are iconic. His works often present surreal worlds intriguing with the play of meanings and symbols, which remain in the memory for a long time.<\/p>\n
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