Bio

Bartek Tofel - selected information:

Based in: Warsaw, Poland.
Education: ethnology (BSc), psychology (M.Sc.) and sinology (in progress).
Travels: Afghanistan, Armenia, Azerbaijan, Georgia, India, Iran, Lebanon, Nagorno-Karabakh, Transnistria, Russia, Ukriane.
Climbs: Mont Blanc (4807) winter traverse, Bazarduzu (4466), Szachdag (4025), Damavand (5761).
Publications: "POLITYKA", "CKM", "Polska the Times - Dziennik Zachodni", "Polska Zbrojna", "American Alpine Journal", "Taternik",
"Nad Poziomem Morza", "Gazeta Ostrowiecka", "Onet.pl", "Miscellanea Afghanica Cracoviensia" and "A/Zero" - tearsheets.

Offer

Freelancing

Available for hire in selected areas of photography and journalism:

- travel

- reportage

- war-zone journalism

- expeditions (alpinism, trekking, horse-riding)

- company events

- sport activities (paintball, football games, tenis tournaments, etc.)

- conferences and panel discussions

 

Digital photographs and prints

A few hundred top quality photographs of landscape, sports, events, people and their daily activities from different areas (e.g. Afghanistan, Hungary, Siberia, Uzbekistan, Slovakia) available both as digital versions and analog prints.

Prints, ideal as birthday/Christmas gifts and elements of interior design, are available online at www.tofel-photo.pl

 

Exhibitions

"The Other Afghanistan" -  A set of 50 photos printed on matte paper sized 50x70 cm (19.7x27.6 in) telling the story of the native inhabitants of the Wakhan Corridor - the Wakhi and the Kirghiz - who struggle for survivor in a demanding, rugged and mountainous enviroment of North-Eastern Afghanistan. Free from war-related dangers, but exposed to the severity of weather and underdevelopment of the region.

 

Slideshows

"The Other Afghanistan" - A lecutre about the Wakhan Corridor, area saved from recent Afghan wars, the Soviets, the mujahedeen and the Taliban. It deals with the region history (both recent and ancient) and culture of the inhabitant. The backbone of the story is my trip to the Wakhan taken in summer of 2009.

"Sibierian Spirits - Mount Belukha" - a photo-based story of an attempt undertaken in Feburay 2010 of making the first Polish winter ascent of the highest peak of Siberia - Mount Belukha (4506 m n.p.m.). Trek through the taiga and temperatures falling below -40*C (-56*F) were only some of the obstacles. The story is interwoven with rich details about local beliefes, in which Mount Belukha - the home of powerful spirits - plays a significant role.