About
Maciek Musialek is a Polish photographer and videographer currently based in London, UK.
He works in news and documentary photography and video.
Growing up in Katowice in communist Poland, in a society where people had been conditioned not to say what they really thought, Musialek was used to watching people’s body language, the tiniest details that might give something away. Photography was a way to explore and document this. He is fascinated by history, and how it filters down into people’s lives, and into their consciousness.
His work focuses mainly on documenting issues relating to climate change, migration, displacement, and the effects of conflict.
Musialek contributes to outlets like The Times (UK), The New York Times (US), The Neue Zürcher Zeitung (CH), The Guardian (UK), Der Spiegel (DE), Financial Times (UK), The Independent (UK), Vice (UK, DE), The Scotsman (UK), Gazeta Wyborcza (PL), The Telegraph (UK).
He also works on commissions for humanitarian organizations like UNICEF, Disaster Emergency Committee, Oxfam, British Red Cross, Save The Children, Humanity Crew.
He is currently focused on the war in Ukraine.
He has been part of the VII Agency Mentorship Programme and Exhibition. Other awards and nominations he received include the British Institute of Professional Photography Award.
He holds a BA in Political Science.
He is a member of NUJ, BPPA, and has Hostile Environment First Aid Training (HEFAT).
EXHIBITIONS
Assignments 2023 – The BPPA Exhibition, London, May 2023
The British Press Photographers’ Association presents its annual ‘Assignments’ exhibition celebrating the best of press photography from its members. Curated by 5 leading industry figures.
DEC 'Lifeline', National Theatre, London, March 2023
The Disasters Emergency Committee, photo exhibition 'Lifeline'- showing the ongoing work being funded in Ukraine
RE:ACT: Capturing Conflict Photo Exhibition, London, October 2022
The exhibition features photographs taken by leading photojournalists covering the humanitarian crisis during the ongoing Russia-Ukraine war.
SELECTED PUBLICATIONS
NZZ Magazin Da volle Silos, dort leere Bäuche: Wie Putins Krieg Afrika verhungern lässt
Neue Zürcher Zeitung ‘Ukrainer und Polen sind beide Slawen, und Putin ist ein Schwein’: Fünf Geschichten von Flucht und Hilfsbereitschaft
Neue Zürcher Zeitung ‘Patriotism is pushing back my fear’: Many Ukrainians are returning home from Poland, wanting to fight
Neue Zürcher Zeitung Poland extending a warm welcome to its ‘brothers and sisters’ from Ukraine
Neue Zürcher Zeitung ‘Der Patriotismus überdeckt meine Angst’: Tausende kehren aus Polen ins ukrainische Kriegsgebiet zurück, und viele wollen kämpfen
Neue Zürcher Zeitung Ukraine-Krieg in Echtzeit: eintauchen in die Parallelwelten von Telegram
Neue Zürcher Zeitung ‘Warum können wir nicht auch Streumunition einsetzen?’ – Kiew fordert vom Westen völkerrechtlich geächtete Waffen
SELECTED NGO COMMISSIONS AND PUBLICATIONS
Disasters Emergency Committee ‘We know we are not forgotten’: Inside a Ukrainian bomb shelter keeping families safe and warm this winter
Disasters Emergency Committee Ukraine year in pictures
The Independent ‘Life in a basement isn’t life’: Ukrainian families trapped in a ‘nightmare’ after a year in bomb shelters
The Independent ‘Hard to control emotions' amid Kherson flooding, says Ukrainian aid worker
The Scotsman Ukraine one year on: 'Every day, some other village or city is destroyed', says Ukrainian priest