Tomasz Płatek - fotografia

About me

EDUCATION: 2016 – 2018 — MA studies at Warsaw University; the Faculty of Journalism, Information and Book Studies; specialization: Press, Advertising and Editorial Photography. 2013 – 2016 — BA studies at Warsaw University; the Faculty of Journalism, Information and Book Studies. 2007 – 2010 — Warsaw College of Photography (Wyższe Studium Fotografii) of Photoclub or Republic of Poland (Fotoklub RP) – National Centre of Culture Poland (Narodowe Centrum Kultury). 2008 — Photography workshops: Bogdan Konopka, Paweł Żak, Tomasz Tomaszewski. 2002 — Warsaw College of Photography Forms (Studium Form Fotograficznych) of Photoclub or Republic of Poland (Fotoklub RP) – National Centre of Culture Poland (Narodowe Centrum Kultury). 1992 — IT courses at the Center for Teachers’ Education in Warsaw (Centralny Ośrodek Doskonalenia Nauczycieli). 1986 – 1991 — Secondary Technical School of Electrical Engineering in Warsaw – Electronics Technician – school leaving examinations.

SKILLS: — project management; — team leading; — editor; — designing folders, books, leaflets and press advertisements; — designing packages and punching dies to this packages; — designing graphic for websites, banners and animated GIFs, MP4; — DTP of magazines, folders, posters, packages and other publishers; — graphic designing of maps, prints, old photography for exhibitory purposes; — print supervising; — performing graphic, photographic and film work for educational purposes; — MAC and PC computers proficient; — MAC and PC systems installation and conservation; — proficient at Photoshop, InDesign, Illustrator, Acrobat (CS6), Corel Draw, Quark and others; — calibration of digital devices – cameras, digital printers, monitors, scanners; — large-size photography Sinar 4x5 and 8x10 inches – catalogue, advertising, portrait, others; — proficient at using digital attachments to Sinar, Hasselblad, Mamiya, — lecturer of digital image processing and studio photography; — proficient at using TV camera and TV programmes editing;

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE: — currently working as a photographer/retoucher in the company 3Objectives in London; — currently working as a graphic designer/DTP in the company Ringer Axel Springer Poland; — cooperation with advertisers and publishers (since 1997); — lecturer of Digital Graphic Processing at the Courses organised by: • Association of Polish Art Photographers (Związek Polskich Artystów Fotografików) (5 years); • Warsaw College of Photography (Warszawska Szkoła Fotografii) (3 years); • Photoclub of Republic of Poland (Fotoklub RP) at the Warsaw College of Photography (Wyższe Studium Fotografii) presided by National Cenre for Culture (Narodowe Centrum Kultury) (3 years); — ecturer on digitalising archival materials for National Digital Archives (Narodowe Archiwum Cyfrowe) (two courses); — a graphic designer/DTP and photographer at the Military Centre for Civilian Education (Wojskowe Centrum Edukacji Obywatelskiej) — one and a half year. — a public relations specialist in the „Twister” company (two years);