Welcome

tomek@gola.pro

+41 765 08 77 56

I appreciate your interest in GolaPRO – my professional activity in the creative field. 

My photography career spans two decades. I have been shooting for numerous clients, including Red Bull, National Geographic, Huawei, Jeep, Orlen, Swiss Ladies Drive, Ecolint, RTB House, Żywiec, etc.

Among the few thousand people I portrayed were award-winning directors, top-tier executives, famous actors and artists.

I managed full photography productions of large-scale events (>25,000 participants). For this purpose, I founded and had developed BWITH.US – an app for sharing professional photos instantly on unlimited platforms. Using this app, we managed to attract more than 80,000 live on-line spectators for some of the events.

Photography exceeds far beyond commercial activity for me, though. In 2020 I received a Master of Arts with Honours in Photography at the Institute of Creative Photography. In 2013 I was granted a scholarship from the Minister of Culture and National Heritage for my documentary project “Prison Art”. For many years, I organized a photo-documentary contest with National Geographic Traveler as a partner. I have been producing unique, hand-sewn camera straps – ideaPIX – since 2010. More than 5 thousand straps were sold.

Before becoming a professional photographer, I was immersed in e-commerce. One of the projects I managed was the front-end development for Poland’s first internet brokerage house. This experience led to graduating with a Master’s in Finance and Banking degree at Warsaw School of Economics (2001).

I have been developing websites for 20 years as a side business. Recently it proved to be beneficial due to the lockdown and increased demand for an attractive on-line presence.

Web design and photography are complementary visual arts. Being competent in both crafts allows me to offer comprehensive branding services to my clients, who benefit from the holistic vision and exclusive approach.

I fully commit myself to each project and go beyond expectations. From initial idea to long after delivery – I support and inspire my clients to make the most of our cooperation.

On a personal level – in 2018, together with my wife and two kids, we moved to Geneva, Switzerland, to make it our home.
Being located in such a well-connected spot, I am available for challenging projects worldwide.

Selected Clients

• Lombard Odier
• Swiss Ladies Drive
• Clarins
• Red Bull
• National Geographic
• Huawei
• The North Face
• United Nations
• Jeep
• Ecolint
• Dr Irena Eris
• Żywiec
• Wiko Mobile
• ING Bank
• BPH Bank
• GE HealthCare

Published in

• National Geographic Polska
• National Geographic Traveler
• Le Temps
• Ladies Drive
• Duży Format
• FOTO
• Fluid (F)
• MDC (Mex)
• Sport Magazin (A)

Awards

• Grand Prize at the Oregon Coffee Board Photo Contest 2015  (US). The Grand Prize constituted a trip to Colombia funded by the government of Antioquia to experience the origins of coffee. View the story »
• International Photo Contest 2015. 4 x honorable mention.
• International Photo Contest 2014. Honorable mention.
• International Photo Contest 2013. 3 x honorable mention.
• BZ WBK Press Foto 2012. II place in Nature category.
• Global Planet Photo Contest 2012. Honorable mention.
• Grand Press Photo 2010. Nominee.
• Kolosy 2008. Honorable mention for Minkebe Expedition – view the story »