Andrzej Rozycki (1942), Despite everything I like you girls, 1966

gelatin-silver print, lanolin paint, paper 57.2 x 45.5 cm
signed, titled, dated, on the reverse
vintage print
binding: passe-partout, wooden frame, glass
The photograph was created during the author's creative activity within the Zero 61 group, when his search often led to the limits of legibility of the photographic image. The ambiguity and non-obviousness of the portrait representation of a woman's head is the result of manipulation during the development of the photo. The distorted face with asymmetrically spaced eyes takes on an expression that is as demonic as it is grotesque. The expression of the representation is emphasized by the contrast reduced to black and white and the sharp red of lanolin paint applied to the photo. The artist, who mixes artistic techniques and genres, often hand-colored his photographs. This photograph was used in 2010 in a collage from the Fotoandrzejozofia series, in which Różycki incorporated elements from unfinished works by Zofia Rydet.

The work reproduced in, among others: L. Lechowicz, Group Zero-61 (19611969), Leon Schiller National Higher School of Film, Television and Theater in Lodz, Museum of Art in Lodz, Lodz 2016; Polish Contemporary Photo Exhibition: After Man Ray Vol.3 / Negation and Return in Polish Photography, Stripe House Museum, Tokyo 1990.