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Mati Granica

About

About

Mati Granica is a Polish photographer based in East London. He is currently studying a Batchelor of the Arts degree in Photography at the University of the Arts London.  

He photographs a range of subjects; portraits, landscapes, cityscapes and everything inbetween, often combining them all. Earlier photography includes traditional landscape and cityscape work, some of which has been critically acclaimed. This work is atmospheric and often has a sense of implied narrative. It has been described as having a tangible energy, and has been critically recognised by organisations like Amateur Photographer and Landscape Photographer of the Year. 

More recent work has come from university projects exploring a wide range of concepts, ranging from artificiality in portraiture to mental health storytelling to the effects of urban light pollution. This work has significant conceptual grounding as well as diverse aesthetics. 
Critically, his photos have performed successfully in competitions like Amateur Photographer of the Year (APOTY) and UK Landscape Photographer of the Year (LPOTY). He has been shortlisted countless times in APOTY across the entire spectrum of categories, recently finishing in the top percentile of entrants in the 2023 edition. In LPOTY, he has been published and exhibited on two separate occasions. In collection 14 he was highly commended in the ‘Urban Life’ category and runner-up in ‘Your View’, while in collection 16 he was highly commended in ‘Cityscapes’. In both of these editions, his work was published in the corresponding book and exhibited in a touring public exhibition at eight major train stations across the UK, from London to Edinburgh.  

Aged 20 he’s at the beginning of his career and excited to grow and evolve. 

For more information, contact Mati or find him on Instagram.


Notable achievements

Exhibited as part of the Light & Land exhibition at The Mall Galleries, St James’s - 2024
Screened ‘Synthetic Organics’ as a part of Peckham Digital, Peckham - 2024
Exhibited in group exhibition at the Copeland Gallery, Peckham - 2024


Collaborated with The Photographers’ Gallery on their Visual Guide - 2023
Exhibited across the UK with UKLPOTY - 2023
Published in ‘Landscape Photographer of the Year: Collection 16 - 2023
Young UK Landscape Photographer of the Year - ‘Cityscapes’ highly commended - 2023
Young Amateur Photographer of the Year - ‘Action’ shortlisted - 2023
Young Amateur Photographer of the Year - ‘Wildlife’ shortlisted - 2023
Young Amateur Photographer of the Year - ‘Street’ shortlisted - 2023
Young Amateur Photographer of the Year - ‘Architecture’ shortlisted - 2023 
Young Amateur Photographer of the Year -’Black and White’ 2nd Place - 2023


Young Amateur Photographer of the Year - 'Close-ups' shortlisted - 2022
Young Amateur Photographer of the Year - 'Best of British' 10th place - 2022
Young Amateur Photographer of the Year - 'Landscapes' shortlisted - 2022
Young Amateur Photographer of the Year - 'Travel' shortlisted - 2022
Young Amateur Photographer of the Year - 'Low Light' shortlisted' - 2022

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Exhibited across the UK with UKLPOTY - 2021
Published in ‘Landscape Photographer of the Year: Collection 14 - 2021
Young UK Landscape Photographer of the Year - 'Your View' runner-up - 2021
Young UK Landscape Photographer of the Year - 'Urban Life' highly commended - 2021
Young Amateur Photographer of the Year - 'Close-ups' shortlisted - 2021
Young Amateur Photographer of the Year - 'Travel' shortlisted - 2021
Young Amateur Photographer of the Year - 'Portraits' shortlisted - 2021
Young Amateur Photographer of the Year - 'Architecture' 7th place - 2021
Young Amateur Photographer of the Year - 'Landscapes ' shortlisted - 2021