Krakowianin o wielu pasjach

Fotografie amatorskie Mariana Plebanczyka w zbiorach Muzeum Krakowa

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A CRACOVIAN OF MANY PASSIONS. MARIAN PLEBANCZYK’S AMATEUR PHOTOGRAPHS IN THE HOLDINGS OF THE MUSEUM OF KRAKÓW

The paper is dedicated to amateur photographer Marian Plebanczyk (1905–1973), an inhabitant of Kraków’s Podgórze district who was an extremely active person with numerous passions. An architect by profession, Plebanczyk ran a construction company. Moreover, he was a sports activist, a water sports, mountain tourism, and automobile tourism lover, but also an attentive observer of events taking place in Kraków and beyond. His wide range of interests is reflected in the collection of 35 mm films that was presented to the Historical Museum of the City of Kraków by his inheritors. The scenes he captured in his pictures document the events that took place in the years 1931–1943. Despite certain technical shortcomings, the photographs constitute an interesting account of everyday life in its various aspects, often inadequately documented by professional photographers. The aim of this paper is to present the gure of Plebanczyk, and to offer a preliminary catalogue of his collection against a backdrop of amateur photography of his time. Among the many themes which he immortalized, the following have been highlighted: family and social life; sports and tourism (including canoeing and throwing, skiing, mountain hiking, automobile and motorcycle tourism); professional activity and public events (e.g. a cavalry parade, Marshal Józef Piłsudski’s funeral, celebrations of the Polish Legions, or the annexation of Zaolzie).