28 September 2025: Russet Lederman and Jeff Gutterman hosted an intimate salon with Grzegorz Kosmala and Aneta Kowalczyk from Blow Up Press. Aneta and Grzegorz shared a selection of recent publication, including:
- once a year the stick shoots by Nastasiia Leliuk & Natalia Wiernik
- Encyclopædia by Weronika Gęsicka
- The Need to Know by Michael Honegger
- Hotel of Eternal Light by Karolina Spolniewski
- Eternal U by Hubert Humka
- viridescent, afire by Małgorzata Stankiewicz
Aneta Kowalczyk and Grzegorz Kosmala are from Poland and are currently based in Vienna, Austria. They are the creators behind BLOW UP PRESS, an independent publishing house specializing in photobooks and lens-based art books. Their thought-provoking publications are inspired by “Stories that matter.” BLOW UP PRESS is recognized for its unique approach to design and paper usage.
Books published by this duo have received many international book Awards, including Prix Bob Calle du livre d’artiste (2023), Polish Graphic Design Awards (2019 and 2022), Pictures of the Year International POY75 (2018), International Photography Awards (2018, 2019, 2020, 2021), Maribor Photobook Awards (2020), PX3 Prix de la Photographie Paris (2019), Tokyo International Foto Awards (2018, 2019, 2021), Moscow International Foto Awards (2018, 2019, 2020), Grand Press Photo (2018, 2019), as well as longlisted for Kraszna-Krausz Photography Book Award (2022), shortlisted for Les Rencontres d’Arles Book Awards (2022), Lucie Photo Book Award (2022), and PHotoESPAÑA (2018, 2019, 2020, 2023), amongst others.
