Ewa Meissner was born in Warsaw, Poland, in 1971. In 2000-2005, she studied journalism at the Faculty of Political Science at Collegium Civitas in Warsaw. Co-founder and documentary photographer of the Napo Images agency. Member of Press Club Poland.
Fujifilm Ambassador in Poland.
She worked as a curator and co-organizer of photo exhibitions with the Center for Contemporary Art in Warsaw, the Old Gallery of the Association of Polish Art Photographers in Warsaw, the Royal Castle in Warsaw, the Center of Japanese Art and Technology "Manngha" in Crakow, the Slendzinski Gallery in Bialystok., PIX.HOUSE Gallery in Poznan, Korczak Studio in Poznan, The History Meeting House in Warsaw, the Munipalicity of Gdansk and the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Poland.
Curator of the international exhibition project
“The Eyes of War / Oczy wojny” presenting photographs by Polish photojournalists documenting Russia’s war against Ukraine. The project is produced by
Press Club Polska, while its international presentations are developed in cooperation with the
Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Poland, Polish diplomatic missions and Polish cultural institutions abroad. In Poland, the exhibition was presented, among others, in Warsaw – in cooperation with the History Meeting House, at Krakowskie Przedmieście (02/2025), and in Gdańsk – in cooperation with the Gdańsk Foundation and the City of Gdańsk, at Długi Targ and the Defenders of Mariupol Square (02/2025). Further international presentations of the project, developed in cooperation with the Polish Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Polish diplomatic missions abroad, were shown, among others, in: Zagreb – House of Europe (02/2025), Singapore – as part of “One Voice for Ukraine” (02/2025), Bucharest – outdoor presentation on the fence of the Embassy of the Republic of Poland in Romania (02/2025), Panama City – Ciudad de las Artes, digital presentation (02/2025), Vilnius – ISM University of Management and Economics (02/2025), Athens – War Museum of Athens (02/2025), Ho Chi Minh City – Consulate General of France (02/2025), Luxembourg – outdoor presentation on the fence of the Embassy of the Czech Republic (03/2025), Düsseldorf – Polish Institute (03/2025), Lviv – Andrey Sheptytsky National Museum (04/2025), Seoul – Seoul Art Cinema (06/2025), Ivano-Frankivsk – Centre for Polish Culture and European Dialogue (06/2025), Uzhhorod – Transcarpathian Regional Museum / Uzhhorod Castle (07/2025), Ljubljana – Photon Centre (09/2025), Lyon – Université Jean Moulin Lyon 3 (10/2025), Kaunas – Vytautas Magnus University (10/2025), Darmstadt – Deutsches Polen-Institut (11/2025), Tolmin – Kinogledališče Tolmin (11/2025), Sofia – St. Cyril and St. Methodius National Library (11/2025), New Delhi – Alliance Française de Delhi (02/2026), Kuala Lumpur – GMBB (02/2026), Rome – Papal Basilica of Saint Paul Outside the Walls (04/2026), New York – Photoville Festival, Brooklyn Bridge Park (05/2026), and at the European Parliament in Brussels (09/2026).
Since 2010, she has been lecturing press photography, the history of fashion photography and
the history of Japanese photography at the Institute of Journalism of the University of Warsaw.
Photo editor of photo books; "BEBOK" by Karolina Jonderko, "ECHO" by Maksymilian Rigamonti, "The STAKE" by Maksymilian Rigamonti, "Stigma" by Adam Lach, "Two Tailed dog" by Michal Adamski, "Message" by Maciej Jeziorek, "Some Things are Quieter Than Others" by Jacek Fota, "N.Y.C.#02" by Wojtek Wieteska, among others.
Author of the Polish Documentary Photography Links (PDPL) page on Facebook where she promotes Polish documentary photography.
Her photography works, oscillating between sociological - documentary photography
and street photography, were exhibited in Poland, France, the Czech Republic, England
and the United States.
contact: (+48) 694 704 581, meissner@napoimages.com