Jan Siudowski

He was born in 1922 in Raków, died in 1982 in Kielce. In 1955 he was a co-founder of the then Kielce Branch of the Polish Photographic Society. For many years he cooperated with the National Museum in Kielce. In 1960, he was accepted as a member of the Association of Polish Art Photographers. From 1962 he received a scholarship from the Ministry of Culture and Art. In 1975 he was a co-organizer of the Kielce ZPAF Delegation. In 1978, he was a co-founder of the Świętokrzyski District of ZPAF in Kielce. Author and co-author of many photo exhibitions. His photographs were presented at post-competition exhibitions, where they received many awards, diplomas and congratulatory letters. A special place in Siudowski's work was taken by sightseeing photography (Kielce School of Landscape). He was the chairman of the District Qualification Committee of the ZPAF and an expert on photography at the Ministry of Culture and Art. Honored with the distinction for merits for the Kielce region. Awards: Badge of Merit of Culture Activist; Medal of the 140th anniversary of Kielce Photography.