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Two bananas lie side by side on the seat of a beige fabric chair. The chair is set against a dark, shadowed background.

Polish born, Barcelona-based photographer Asia Chmielewska is a real talent

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Date
1 April 2013

There are few more fulfilling parts of my job than immersing myself in the Flickr depths of a creative who just seems to get it. Asia Chmielewska is a Polish photographer who was introduced to the joys of taking pictures when she was just seven, and the pursuit of her passion took her to London and then on to Barcelona where she’s now based. Asia has an unerring eye for the weird and the wonderful whether it’s a statue of a wooly mammoth or two bananas seemingly spooning on a brown chair but she is also brilliant at capturing whispered hints of narratives unexplained – a taxi parked by the sea or a towel left by an open window. Add in a natural appreciation of texture and composition and you’re left with a real talent. Cracking stuff.

A large sculpture of a woolly mammoth stands in a wooded area, surrounded by green trees and shrubs. A person stands in the foreground, looking towards the figure.
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Asia Chmielewska: Made in Spain – (Un)known Places

A light blue corrugated metal building stands in a sandy landscape. An orange and yellow patterned cloth is draped over a plain white rectangular plinth in the foreground.
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Asia Chmielewska: Meanwhile

The roof of a car is visible from behind, featuring a small sign that reads “TAXI”. The vehicle is parked facing a calm, turquoise sea under a heavy, overcast sky.
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Asia Chmielewska: Meanwhile

A small cluster of yellow wildflowers grows from a crack in a reddish-brown pavement. They lean against a plain concrete wall that overlooks a calm blue sea.
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Asia Chmielewska: Meanwhile

Three large, angular umbrellas in red, orange and white stand against a backdrop of city skyscrapers. The structures feature flat, geometric canopies supported by single central poles.
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Asia Chmielewska

A basketball hoop stands against a backdrop of misty, snow-dusted hills. The backboard features the text “Rantzows Sport” above the rim.
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Asia Chmielewska

A close-up of a grey fabric surface with a deep, vertical crease running through the centre. A piece of bright red fabric rests on a white surface in the top left corner.
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Asia Chmielewska: Still JPEGs

A pineapple stands upright on a white, glossy surface. Behind it is a wall of pale green square tiles and a copper pipe.
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Asia Chmielewska: Home Lo-Fi Fantasy

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Rob Alderson

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Rob Alderson is a freelance writer, editor and strategist. He was previously editor-in-chief of It’s Nice That and WePresent, and editor of Design Week. He publishes the newsletter Undo, which tries to make sense of how AI is changing design work, the design process and the design industry.

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