Halina Voss

Independent documentary photographer, based in Gdansk

Halina
Voss

Slow, patient photographs of work, weather and the hands that keep old trades going.

Selected work 2016 to 2025
Available for commissions

01 / Selected work

Six stories, seven years

Landscape, 2023

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Salt HarvestLake Sivash, 2023

Reportage, 2022

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Night FerryBaltic Sea, 2022

Portrait, 2021

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The Last TailorLodz, 2021

Archive, 2019

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Kiln TownBoleslawiec, 2019

Archive, 2018

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Winter FairTorun, 2018

Archive, 2016

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Border BreadPrzemysl, 2016

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Plate 00, Halina Voss on assignment, 2024

02 / About

About Halina

I spend months with one place before I make the picture. The slowest stories usually say the most.

Halina Voss has photographed salt workers, ferry crews and the last of the town tailors across Central and Eastern Europe. Her work has been shown in Warsaw, Arles and Berlin.

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03 / Clients and press

Commissioned and published

The Guardian WeekendSalt Harvest, cover story2024
Zeit MagazinNight Ferry, twelve-page feature2023
KinfolkThe Last Tailor, portrait series2022
MonocleKiln Town, commissioned essay2020
Magnum FoundationDocumentary fund, grantee2019
Zacheta GallerySolo exhibition, Warsaw2018

04 / Contact

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