Photographer's Profile

Krzysztof Muskalski

Poland

Krzysztof Muskalski, MD, PhD - lives and works in Częstochowa, Poland. Mastered the art of juggling his two great passions - ophthalmology and artistic photography. Often indicates that there is a close connection between the two, as the eye and the camera have a number of analogies in the construction and functioning. His biggest source of inspiration remains travel photography, with its extraordinary challenge of combining various genres of photography. He is a travel photographer in the literal and metaphorical sense. He runs his own Photo Art Gallery 'Time of Travel’ in Częstochowa, Poland, where he presents photography exhibitions from his travels - selected under the media patronage of National Geographic Polska. He presented his photographs at dozens of author's and collective exhibitions in Poland and abroad. He is a laureate of almost 200 domestic and foreign photography competitions. He is Founding Vice-President of the FIAP International Medical Photographers Club. He was honored with the title of FIAP Excellence Artist - platinum level EFIAP/p, the title EPSA - Excellence Photographic Society of America, the title of GAPU Gold Exhibitor by the Union of Asian Photographers APU (Singapore) and the title Artist Photographer by the Photoclub of the Republic of Poland and the Association of Polish Art Photographers and more. He is a member of the Royal Photographic Society - RPS (UK) and a Honorary Member of the AMFI - the Association of Italian Doctors Photographers. He has been the originator and co-organizer of the International Salons of Artistic Photography for Physicians "PhotoArtMedica" in Częstochowa, Poland since 2013. He was awarded the Medal of Merit for Polish Photography for the 100th Anniversary of Regaining Independence and the Medal of the Photoclub of the Republic of Poland for Photographic Creativity in recognition of artistic achievements and contribution to the development of Polish photography.