Gdansk Poland multi story buildings | Limited Edition of 10
Timeless Polish Architecture in Urban Setting
I stumbled on this street early one morning in Gdańsk—before the cafes opened, before the crowds showed up with phones and gelato. The light hadn’t quite found its edge yet, and the buildings stood still like old theatre sets. Silent, but not asleep. This row of facades, with their stepped gables and weathered plaster, has watched generations pass beneath them. That weight shows. It’s in the patina. The details. There is a quiet sense that these walls remember more than we do.
I framed this shot to honour the rhythm of the architecture—how each building, though part of a unified front, keeps its own personality. One leans slightly. Another’s windows are mismatched, like they’ve been swapped out across decades. Some are pristine, some are crumbling. All are honest. That’s what drew me in. Not the postcard view, but the quiet dissonance that reveals history in layers.
I kept the image in black and white to emphasize the texture and shape—when colour steps aside, the architecture speaks louder. You feel the soot in the cracks, the wear in the cobblestones, the way time clings to the corners. It becomes about form and memory, not just location.
Urban photography like this is my way of grounding travel. I’m not interested in pristine icons or digital fantasies. I want to see what’s actually there. Sometimes, that means waiting for a moment when nothing is happening—no tourists, no drama—just the city breathing on its own.
Like all my work, this print is signed and printed using archival materials to preserve the raw feel of that moment. It’s part of an ongoing effort to document real places without filters or fiction—just real light, real streets, and whatever stories the walls are willing to give up.
If scenes like this speak to you—the old bones of a city still standing strong—you might enjoy digging into more work from my Poland Photography Collection, or explore the larger context in the Urban Photography Collection, where cities around the world unfold in detail and decay.
© Dan Kosmayer, 2013
Edition Information
This photograph is released as a signed and numbered edition of 10 prints across all available sizes. Each print is individually signed and numbered by the artist on the reverse and accompanied by a certificate of authenticity.
Once all 10 prints have been sold, this work will be permanently retired, and no further numbered editions will be produced in any size or format. A small number of Artist Proofs may be retained by the artist for archival or exhibition purposes.
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This paper offers a balanced surface that enhances tonal depth, preserves fine detail, and reduces glare under typical indoor lighting conditions.
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