Chris Niedenthal (b. 1950, London), "Delivering Bread to Striking Shipyard Workers During the Strike at the Lenin Shipyard, August 1980," 1980/2025
pigment print / archival paper
Dimensions: 40 x 50 cm (sheet)
signed, dated, numbered, and inscribed in pencil at the bottom: '01/15 Gdańsk 1980 Chris Niedenthal'
ed. 1//15
Biography
He was born into a Polish family in London. He studied photography at the London College of Printing.
In 1973, he moved to Poland, where he has lived ever since.
In the 1980s, he collaborated with the American weekly "Newsweek," "Time Magazine," and "Der Spiegel."
As a photojournalist, he covered stories throughout Eastern and Central Europe, the Soviet Union, and the Balkans.
He witnessed the founding of the free trade union “Solidarity” during the strike at the Lenin Shipyard in Gdańsk in 1980, as well as the imposition of martial law in Poland in December 1981, and later documented the fall of communism in 1989.
He won an award in the World Press Photo competition in 1986 for a portrait of Hungarian leader János Kádár.
Four photo books featuring his work have been published in Poland: “The Polish People’s Republic: Props” (BOSZ 2004), “13/12: Poland Under Martial Law” (Edipresse 2006), “In Your Face” (Edition Fototapeta 2011), “Chris Niedenthal: Selected Photographs 1973–1989,” and “Chris Niedenthal 1989: A Year of Hope” (BOSZ 2017).
In 2011, his autobiography “Chris Niedenthal: Profession: Photographer” (Marginesy) was published.
For many years, he worked on a series of photographs depicting children with intellectual disabilities, which he presented in exhibitions in many cities in Poland and abroad (including “Taboo: Portraits of the Unportrayed,” “We Work,” “Letters to My Son”).
He lives in Warsaw.
pigment print / archival paper
Dimensions: 40 x 50 cm (sheet)
signed, dated, numbered, and inscribed in pencil at the bottom: '01/15 Gdańsk 1980 Chris Niedenthal'
ed. 1//15
Biography
He was born into a Polish family in London. He studied photography at the London College of Printing.
In 1973, he moved to Poland, where he has lived ever since.
In the 1980s, he collaborated with the American weekly "Newsweek," "Time Magazine," and "Der Spiegel."
As a photojournalist, he covered stories throughout Eastern and Central Europe, the Soviet Union, and the Balkans.
He witnessed the founding of the free trade union “Solidarity” during the strike at the Lenin Shipyard in Gdańsk in 1980, as well as the imposition of martial law in Poland in December 1981, and later documented the fall of communism in 1989.
He won an award in the World Press Photo competition in 1986 for a portrait of Hungarian leader János Kádár.
Four photo books featuring his work have been published in Poland: “The Polish People’s Republic: Props” (BOSZ 2004), “13/12: Poland Under Martial Law” (Edipresse 2006), “In Your Face” (Edition Fototapeta 2011), “Chris Niedenthal: Selected Photographs 1973–1989,” and “Chris Niedenthal 1989: A Year of Hope” (BOSZ 2017).
In 2011, his autobiography “Chris Niedenthal: Profession: Photographer” (Marginesy) was published.
For many years, he worked on a series of photographs depicting children with intellectual disabilities, which he presented in exhibitions in many cities in Poland and abroad (including “Taboo: Portraits of the Unportrayed,” “We Work,” “Letters to My Son”).
He lives in Warsaw.
