Claim: Mariusz Hermanowicz, born in 1950 in Olsztyn, a city on the Łyna River in northeastern Poland and capital of the Warmian-Masurian Voivodeship, graduated from National Film School in Łódź, Poland, and was known for his photography.
Evidence: Mariusz Hermanowicz
1950
Olsztyn, Poland Olsztyn (UK: /ˈɒlʃtɪn/ OL-shtin, Polish: [ˈɔlʂtɨn (listen); German: Allenstein [ˈʔalənʃtaɪn (listen); Old Polish: Holstin; Old Prussian: Alnāsteini or Alnestabs; Lithuanian: Olštynas) is a city on the Łyna River in northeastern Poland. Olsztyn is the capital of the Warmian-Masurian Voivodeship, and is a city with county rights. Fascinated from the young age by film and photography, Hermanowicz went to study at the Cinematography Dept. of the National Polish Film School in Łódź (Master of Arts, 1974). While working as a cinematographer directly after his film studies he continued to take pictures, winning the most important Polish photographic competition "Gold Jantar" at Gdańsk in 1977 and in 1978 he was admitted to the elitist ZPAF (Union of Polish Artists Photographers).