Tomasz Machciński

is a Polish photographer, performer and videomaker, formally trained as a precision mechanic. He lives and works in Kalisz. Since 1966, he has carried out his life’s project: impersonating a multitude of characters, he creates photographic self-portraits, which comprise a collection currently made up of more than 22,000 photographs.

Different Faces, Different Places

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Different Faces, Different Places

The protagonist of the exhibition “Different Faces, Different Places” is Tomasz Machciński (b. 1942, lives in Kalisz, Poland), the author of a monumental performance, which has continued uninterrupted since 1966, consisting of more than 22,000 fictional or appropriated identities recorded in photographic self-portraits.

Tomasz Machciński