End of the strike, 1980/2017

Photograph showing Lech Walesa just after his signing of the Gdansk Agreement.

Chris Niedenthal was born in a Polish family in London. He studied photography in London College of Printing. In 1973, he came to Poland where he has been living ever since. In the 1980s, he cooperated with the American 'Newsweek', 'Time Magazine', and 'Der Spiegel'. As a photojournalist, Niedenthal did photo-reportages in the whole Eastern and Central Europe, USSR, and the Balkans. He witnessed the formation of the Independent Self-governing Trade Union 'Solidarity' during the strike in the Lenin Shipyard in Gdansk, in 1980, and of the imposition of martial law in Poland, in December 1981. Later, in 1989, he documented the fall of communism. He received the World Press Photo prize in 1986, for a portrait of János Kádár, a Hungarian leader. In Poland, four albums with Niedenthal's photographs were published: 'Polska Rzeczpospolita Ludowa. Rekwizyty' (English: 'Polish People's Republic. Props'; BOSZ 2004), '13/12. Polska Stanu Wojennego' (English: 'Poland During the Martial Law'; Edipresse 2006), 'In Your Face' (Edition Fototapeta 2011), 'Chris Niedenthal. Wybrane Fotografie 1973-1989' (English: 'Chris Niedenthal. Selected Photographs, 1973-89'), 'Chris Niedenthal 1989. Rok nadziei' (English: 'Chris Niedenthal. The Year of Hope'; BOSZ 2017). In 2011, his autobiography titled 'Chris Niedenthal. Zawod: Fotograf' (English: 'Chris Niedenthal. Profession: Photographer'; Marginesy) was published. For many years, he has been working on a cycle of photographs of children with intellectual disabilities, which he has presented in the form of exhibitions (e.g. 'Tabu. Portrety Nie Portretowanych' - English: 'Taboo. The Portraits of the Unphotographed', 'PracujeMY' - English: 'WEwork', 'Listy do Syna' - English: 'Letters to My Son') in many cities in Poland and abroad.

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