Elżbieta Lempp's photographs are negotiated between the model's freedom and the requirements of the camera. Rather than making any demands, the photographer is listening and-literally-looking. Some portraits seem to confirm what is commonly known about a particular writer, both directly and metaphorically...

The world as seen by Elżbieta Lempp often starts with a shadow. The back side, a dim depth ( of an apartment, a street, a forest), a sort of primaty distance which makes the foreground an element of the perspective, a dependent reality. There is a lot to do, a long distance to run for one's eyes in those photography landscapes, scenes and portraits...