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  • Adam Golec
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Adam Golec

Adam Golec was born in Myslowice, Poland in 1970. He is an alumnus of the National Film, Television & Theatre School in Lodz and studied at the University of Science and Technology in Krakow. Adam is as multi faceted as he is talented and is a photographer, reporter, member of the Polish Journalists Association (SDP) and the International Federation of Journalists (IFJ). He is connected to the Gazeta Wyborcza since 1991, where he coordinates the Krakow branch of the Photo Department. Adam is the recipient of numerous press photo competitions, including the Gazeta Wyborcza’s Photographer of the Year in 1997; he was twice the winner of the Press Photography contest which included a portrait of Nobel laureate Wislawa Szymborska , a photograph which became a cornerstone in Polish press photography. Adam is a multiple laureate of the Krakow competition ‘Portrait of the City and in 2007, he was named the Malopolska Photojournalist of the Year. He has been the recipient of the first prizes in the biggest Polish press photo contests in 2008, 2009. 2010, 2011.

His assignments include work with Agencja Gazeta and French agency VU. He has published in Gazeta Wyborcza, Duzy Format, Wysokie Obcasy (Gazeta Wyborcza supplements), Polish edition of National Geographic and Traveler, Gala, Viva, Elle, Przekroj, Tygodnik Powszechny, and many others.

Adams says ‘As a photographer, I am predominantly interested in photo essays and press portraits. I attempt to reach people, places and events that exist in the world surrounding us, but often pass unnoticed and unappreciated. I am interested in life that has not been captured on page, in events that escaped the mainstream news. I get enormous pleasure from meeting the people I photograph, and I try to capture their images in their natural surroundings’.

Tea in the First Sense

Dilmah tea, the symbol of Pure Ceylon Tea in over 100 countries around the world, unveils Tea in the First Sense, an innovative endeavour by the family tea company Dilmah, in their mission to bring the beauty of tea, nature’s finest beverage, to the world.

Tea in the First Sense is an art and photography exhibition featuring tea plantations in Sri Lanka. The exhibition, commissioned by Dilmah, will tour the world as part of a Dilmah mission to share with a global audience the aesthetic beauty of tea.

This project has a deeper significance for it is part of a Dilmah effort to highlight the inequity in the tea category. A brand known for its integrity, Dilmah sought to overturn a system in which the producer became an exploited raw material supplier. In 1988 Founder of Dilmah Merrill J Fernando launched his Dilmah brand, in Australia, subsequently reaching over 100 countries in the world. Dilmah is today recognised as a role model in ethical trade.

The Company strives to bring quality back to tea and in so doing to improve the fortunes of Ceylon’s historic tea industry and its workers. Engaged in extensive social welfare via the MJF Charitable Foundation (www.mjffoundation.org). Dilmah is convinced that by making consumers appreciate Ceylon and her teas, demand for quality Ceylon Tea can be increased, helping tea producers get a better price for their crop. Ultimately that is fairer than any notion of fair-trade and is the most tangible way of bringing a smile to the faces of workers in the industry and their families. Dilmah is also working towards a more sustainable use of the environment through Dilmah Conservation which is promoting biodiversity, species/habitat protection & awareness of sustainability by encouraging a harmonious co-existence of man and nature (www.dilmahconservation.org).

Tea in the First Sense is part of a project to highlight the heritage of Ceylon Tea and educate consumers on the health and other benefits in quality Ceylon Tea. The first stage of this project was the History of Ceylon Tea website which preserves in one of the world’s largest internet tea websites, a century of literature on Ceylon Tea. Tea in the First Sense captures through both brush and lens, the endearing character and charm of the Sri Lankan Tea plantations.