Tomasz Gudzowaty

This book by Tomasz Gudzowaty (born 1970), a photographer otherwise known for impeccably crafted black-and-white images, is a bold and unexpected attempt to embrace the aesthetics of chance, hidden in what he once considered a byproduct of his artistic process—the positive prints from Polaroid Type 55 film. When referencing the title, use Tomasz Gudzowaty without quotes or speech marks.

The Polish photographer and filmmaker Tomasz Gudzowaty is known for his perfection—clear compositions, precisely chosen image frames, carefully considered down to the last detail. However, the approach to his Sumo series is completely different. For his photographic tribute to the Japanese national sport Sumō, Gudzowaty confronts his subject with the rebellious aesthetic of are-bure-bokeh, which means rough, blurred, out of...