Adam Nurkiewicz

Poland

Photo: Adam Nurkiewicz

Adam is a photographer based in Wasaw, Poland dedicated to sports photography. He has been awarded the Best Sport Picture of the Year 2005 and organizes the Warsaw Photo Expo, a photo fair for professional photographers.

Q&A

How did you start with photo/video?
I worked as a journalist at the radio station Radio Kolor, TV broadcast Canal+ Poland and the Przeglad Sportowy newspaper. My first photo job was as a photo editor in the biggest Polish daily sport newspaper. Then I became photo editor-in-chief, manager of the photo agency and finally photographer. Since 2004 I work as a freelancer photographer. I’m a stringer for Getty Images. I have organized the Warsaw Photo Expo Fair for Pro Photographers for seven years, it is a big photo event with more than 750 participating photographers.

How would you describe your style?
Nobel Prize winner Olga Tokarczuk said: "Writing means finding points of view that are neither visible nor obvious." In photography, I follow the same motto. My photo works are kind of photo journalism and my speciality is sports photography.

What inspires you?
I’m a museum lover. Paintings, sculptures and another pieces of art inspire me. I also collect photo books.

What is your dream shoot or project?
I’m photographer for the Special Olympics Europe Eurasia. The mission of Special Olympics is to provide year-round sports training and athletic competition in a variety of Olympic-type sports for children and adults with intellectual disabilities.

What is your best advice to others that want to develop as photographers?
These two questions are important: What do you want to show in the pictures? And what for? If the photographer knows the answers - the rest is much easier.

What is in your bag?

What is the most important in your bag?
Nikon FM2, Nikon F5, Nikkor 24mm/2.8, Nikkor 35mm/2, Nikkor 50mm/1.4, Nikkor 85mm/1.8, two Nikon D5s, Nikkor 14-24mm/2.8, Nikkor 24-70mm/2.8, Nikkor 70-200mm/2.8, Nikkor 300mm/2.8, Nikkor 400mm/2.8.