Agnieszka Kula creates surreal photographic collages based on the expression of form and metaphysical symbolism relating to concepts such as time, simulacrum, reflection, and nature. In her compositions, individual photographs interpenetrate, creating multi-layered systems of meaning, rhythms, and forms. Through the process of montage, the artist enhances the emotional and visual expression of the compositions, imbuing them with the tension between reality and illusion, document and imagination.
The surrealism present in her work becomes a tool for constructing narratives balancing between dream and reality. Themes of nature, transience, cyclical phenomena, and subtle emotions create multi-layered images revealing the metaphysical dimension of everyday life. Her photographs and photo collages reveal the beauty hidden in seemingly ordinary spaces, objects, and gestures, revealing the world as a constantly evolving arrangement of signs, memories, and reflections. Her studies at the University of Arts in Poznań deepened her interest in art, photography, and the metaphysical dimension of imagery, as well as developing her own visual language based on consciously building relationships between memory, emotion, and form. Her work is inspired by the work of photographers such as Jeff Wall, Annie Leibovitz, Jerry Uelsmann, Erwin Olaf, and Hiroshi Sugimoto.
Simultaneously, the artist specializes in documentary and family photography, as well as artistic photography of sculptural and designer objects, combining authenticity with a poetic aesthetic. Each shot attempts to capture the emotions captured in sculpture – the subtle tensions between nature and abstraction, movement and static. Through light, composition, and perspective, the artist strives to bring out the unnamed, yet most moving, in these works.
These photoshoots can be seen in magazines such as Vogue, AD, Design Alive, and Elle Decoration.