Biography
Marcin Kornacki is a London-based documentary photographer whose work explores memory, landscape, and the marks of collective history. His practice draws stories to the surface by embedding himself in new environments and engaging thoughtfully with local communities. His current projects focus on sites where political violence and colonial legacies remain alive in land and memory.
His ongoing work in Haiti documents its capital Port-au-Prince as it descended into gang control, tracing the layered aftermath of revolution, foreign intervention, and daily survival, documenting both the gangs terrorising the city as well as the people enduring the conflict.
In Bolivia, he photographs the mining communities around La Paz, focusing on Milluni, site of a government-led miners’ massacre in 1965, examining how resistance and political narratives endure and develop across generations.
Grounded in sustained fieldwork and research, Marcin’s photography connects personal testimony with broader historical forces. His images invite reflection on how memory is shaped, how trauma is carried, and how communities protect identity in the face of erasure.