Włodzimierz Puchalski (March 6, 1908 – January 19, 1979) was a Polish photographer and film director. He was a pioneer of wildlife film-making in Poland and became famous for publishing his album "Bezkrwawe łowy" (or bloodless hunting) in 1954.
Puchalski was born in Velyki Mosty, near Lwów (then in Austria-Hungary, now Lviv in Ukraine). His father Władysław Puchalski owned an estate with Katarzyna née Sykora. His first experience with cameras began when his maternal grandfather Hieronim Sykora gifted him a wooden camera. An uncle Antoni Sykora was an expert on the birds and nature and accompanied young Puchalski in the outdoors. He spent endless hours taking pictures of animals, flowers and landscapes. He studied at the Politechnika Lwowska to become an agronomic engineer. He began his photographic career while in the Cadet Corps and during his college studies, initially photographing waterfowl in the fish ponds at Żółkiew (Zhovkva) from hides made of grass, and, later, carnivorous birds in Sokal. A friend, Tadeusz Chrzanowski (1926–2006), invited him to their family estate in Moroczyn. While on this visit, he was captivated by Edward's stepmother, Izabela (1900–1956). Puchalski assisted Witold Romer in 1933 on photochemistry and exhibited a set of photographs in 1936 and won awards in 1937 at the World Hunting Exhibition in Berlin. He worked also as an assistant to Kazimierz Wodzicki. He also recorded hunting scenes of the Polish nobility. He used the term "bloodless hunt" to describe hunting wildlife with a camera.[1]
During World War II, he joined as an artillery lieutenant in 1939 and saw action in Lublin and Wołyniu. He was captured but managed to escape and from 1940 to 1944 he He was taken prisoner, from which he managed to escape. In the years 1940–1944 he worked as a forest ranger in the Brzóza estate in Sandomierz, working alongside the partisans. During the war, Izabela's husband Wincenty Chrzanów died and Puchalski married her on September 5, 1945. The couple then began to travel and make nature films together. In 1946, he joined forces with the Łódź educational film company Wytwórnia Filmów Oświatowych w Łodzi and, travelling throughout Poland, took photographs of nature subjects: flocks of migratory birds on the Biebrza and Narew rivers, as well as wisent, elk, wolves, lynx, beavers, deer and smaller animals. His first film was on bird island. He resigned from the company in 1950 partly because there were objections to the work team consisting of him, Izabela and Tadeusz (friend and since 1945 technically stepson) but rejoined it in 1956 after the death of his wife Izabela.[2]
Puchalski was assigned to the third polar expedition headed by Stanislaw Rakusa-Suszczewski and arrived at the Henryk Arctowski Polish Antarctic Station in 1978.[3] He died on 19 January 1979 while working at the station and was buried on a hill to the south of the station.[4]
Film festivaledit
The Włodzimierz Puchalski International Nature Film Festival is held yearly in Łódź in Puchalski's honour.[citation needed]
Referencesedit
^Szymala, Jacek; Rogatchevski, Andrei (2022). "Svalbard w filmach polskich z lat 50. i 60. XX w. Perspektywa geografii wizualnej" (PDF). Prace i Studia Geograficzne. 67 (1): 45–60. doi:10.48128/pisg/2022-67.1-03.
^Ogrodowczyk, Tomasz (2015). "Zielona Seria – Cztery Albumy Włodzimierza Puchalskiego" (PDF). Stud. Mater. Ośr. Kult. Leśn. (in Polish). 14: 221–244.
^"The grave of Wlodzimierz Puchalski". Dom pod Biegunem. Dom pod Biegunem. Retrieved 29 June 2018.
^"List of Historic Sites and Monuments approved by the ATCM (2012)" (PDF). The Antarctic Treaty. Secretariat of the Antarctic Treaty. p. 12. Retrieved 19 June 2018.
External linksedit
Włodzimierz Puchalski International Nature Film Festival
December 20, 2023
włodzimierz, puchalski, march, 1908, january, 1979, polish, photographer, film, director, pioneer, wildlife, film, making, poland, became, famous, publishing, album, bezkrwawe, łowy, bloodless, hunting, 1954, contents, life, death, film, festival, references, . Wlodzimierz Puchalski March 6 1908 January 19 1979 was a Polish photographer and film director He was a pioneer of wildlife film making in Poland and became famous for publishing his album Bezkrwawe lowy or bloodless hunting in 1954 Contents 1 Life 2 Death 3 Film festival 4 References 5 External linksLife editPuchalski was born in Velyki Mosty near Lwow then in Austria Hungary now Lviv in Ukraine His father Wladyslaw Puchalski owned an estate with Katarzyna nee Sykora His first experience with cameras began when his maternal grandfather Hieronim Sykora gifted him a wooden camera An uncle Antoni Sykora was an expert on the birds and nature and accompanied young Puchalski in the outdoors He spent endless hours taking pictures of animals flowers and landscapes He studied at the Politechnika Lwowska to become an agronomic engineer He began his photographic career while in the Cadet Corps and during his college studies initially photographing waterfowl in the fish ponds at Zolkiew Zhovkva from hides made of grass and later carnivorous birds in Sokal A friend Tadeusz Chrzanowski 1926 2006 invited him to their family estate in Moroczyn While on this visit he was captivated by Edward s stepmother Izabela 1900 1956 Puchalski assisted Witold Romer in 1933 on photochemistry and exhibited a set of photographs in 1936 and won awards in 1937 at the World Hunting Exhibition in Berlin He worked also as an assistant to Kazimierz Wodzicki He also recorded hunting scenes of the Polish nobility He used the term bloodless hunt to describe hunting wildlife with a camera 1 During World War II he joined as an artillery lieutenant in 1939 and saw action in Lublin and Wolyniu He was captured but managed to escape and from 1940 to 1944 he He was taken prisoner from which he managed to escape In the years 1940 1944 he worked as a forest ranger in the Brzoza estate in Sandomierz working alongside the partisans During the war Izabela s husband Wincenty Chrzanow died and Puchalski married her on September 5 1945 The couple then began to travel and make nature films together In 1946 he joined forces with the Lodz educational film company Wytwornia Filmow Oswiatowych w Lodzi and travelling throughout Poland took photographs of nature subjects flocks of migratory birds on the Biebrza and Narew rivers as well as wisent elk wolves lynx beavers deer and smaller animals His first film was on bird island He resigned from the company in 1950 partly because there were objections to the work team consisting of him Izabela and Tadeusz friend and since 1945 technically stepson but rejoined it in 1956 after the death of his wife Izabela 2 On Spitsbergen he gathered substantive material about the fauna of the archipelago in the Polish research station on King George Island in the Antarctic he photographed penguins sea lions whale bones and birds He died while filming skuas Death editPuchalski was assigned to the third polar expedition headed by Stanislaw Rakusa Suszczewski and arrived at the Henryk Arctowski Polish Antarctic Station in 1978 3 He died on 19 January 1979 while working at the station and was buried on a hill to the south of the station 4 Film festival editThe Wlodzimierz Puchalski International Nature Film Festival is held yearly in Lodz in Puchalski s honour citation needed References edit Szymala Jacek Rogatchevski Andrei 2022 Svalbard w filmach polskich z lat 50 i 60 XX w Perspektywa geografii wizualnej PDF Prace i Studia Geograficzne 67 1 45 60 doi 10 48128 pisg 2022 67 1 03 Ogrodowczyk Tomasz 2015 Zielona Seria Cztery Albumy Wlodzimierza Puchalskiego PDF Stud Mater Osr Kult Lesn in Polish 14 221 244 The grave of Wlodzimierz Puchalski Dom pod Biegunem Dom pod Biegunem Retrieved 29 June 2018 List of Historic Sites and Monuments approved by the ATCM 2012 PDF The Antarctic Treaty Secretariat of the Antarctic Treaty p 12 Retrieved 19 June 2018 External links editWlodzimierz Puchalski International Nature Film Festival Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Wlodzimierz Puchalski amp oldid 1150806909, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
