LEGO photography at Pyrkon – meet the masters of shooting bricks!
17 February 2025
Photography is an art where small details can tell big stories. What if we want to capture bricks that are already tiny in photos? Creativity, precision and love of detail prevail in the world of these wee figures. We get to encounter scenes full of emotion, humor or even action wherever we look.
Podczas tegorocznego Pyrkonu w Strefie Fanów Klocków LEGO znajdziecie Kącik Fotografów Klockowych, gdzie nie tylko obejrzycie ich prace, ale także spotkacie twórców, którzy od lat bawią się światłem, perspektywą i kompozycją, by tchnąć życie w plastikowe figurki. A kto stoi za tym magicznym światem klockowej fotografii? Poznajcie pierwsze nazwiska! Przed Wami Sandra Recka, Tomasz Skog i Mateusz „Mattheo33” Zawadzki!
A few words about our guests:
Sandra Recka | retzka.photobricks – master of scenes in bricks
The coordinator of the LEGO Photographer’s Corner and one of its key figures is Sandra Recka, known online as retzka.photobricks. She is a photographer who has combined her two greatest passions – LEGO® and photography – to create works full of cinematic flair and extraordinary attention to detail.
Her skills have been recognized at a number of photography competitions, including DEBUTS 2016, a prestigious review of young artists. Although she has been photographing for more than 20 years, in 2023 she fulfilled one of her biggest dreams – she realized a photo assignment for The LEGO® Groupitself!
During Pyrkon, you will be able to enjoy both her photos and the builds she is preparing in order to take them. And if you want to learn how to create your own brick photoshoots – be sure to check out the photography workshopshe will lead!
As part of her activity, she presents original scenes inspired by everyday life, which she invents and builds herself. While working on each photo, she takes care of the smallest details and tries to make each photo like a frame ripped straight out of a movie – Anyway, see for yourself:
Tomasz Lasek | Tomek Skog – when the minifigures come to life
“Life in plastic? It’s fantastic!” – It is with this quote that we can interpret the work of Tomek Lasek, known online as Tomek Skog. He has been creating LEGO® photographs for more than a decade, and in his photos he plays with scale and light, but above all tells stories full of emotion and humor.
His photos are often inspired by pop culture, literature and science. Sometimes in photographs the minifigures take trips to other worlds, but in reality they remain on the kitchen table.
As he writes about himself,
“I osmotically soak up influences from pop culture, literature and science in the broadest sense, creating a kind of amalgam in my brain, which then ferments into ideas – sometimes surprising even to me. The fruits of these ideas are usually facetious portrayals, although I sometimes smuggle in insights or reflections on the reality around us [or simulacrum, if you will].”
As an active member of the Toy Photographerscommunity, he is also a LEGO® ambassador for the LEGO Ambassador Networkprogram. In 2019, his work briefly burst outside the fandom bubble when one of his photos – depicting a minifigure version of Olga Tokarczuk, created to celebrate her receiving the Nobel Prize – caught the attention of the mainstream media.
At Pyrkon, you will see his photo exhibition, which will take you on a journey into the world of minifigures in a whole new light. This is Tomek’s second time visiting Pyrkon, but his first in such a large role.
Mateusz Zawadzki | Mattheo33 – a passion that combines LEGO® and photography
He is known in the creative community not only for his extraordinary photographs, but also as the originator and founder of the #AFOLSQUADgroup of LEGO Photography enthusiasts. For him, this hobby is more than just fun – it’s a way to relax after work and realize his childhood dreams of a world built with bricks.
His adventure began with a return to LEGO® in 2018, when his wife showed him how to take interesting photos with his camera. It was then that he decided to combine these two passions – and as it turned out, it was a success! Since then, he hasn’t parted with either his camera or his bricks, and his collection already has more than 500 minifigures, the oldest of which date back to the 1990s.
His first exhibition took place at a local library, but he scored his real debut on the LEGO® fan scene during KLOCKON in Będzin. Since then, he has been constantly experimenting, developing and looking for new and creative ways to capture the block brick in truly emotional frames.
During Pyrkon 2025, you will be able to see his work at the LEGO Photographers’ Corner, where his photos will sit alongside the work of other enthusiasts. If you’ve ever wondered how to breathe life into plastic figures – this is the perfect place to learn!
LEGO® photography at Pyrkon – join the fun!
The LEGO Photographers’ Corner is where you will see how photography changes perspective and allows you to rediscover brick worlds. It’s also an opportunity to talk to the artists, pick up their techniques and find inspiration for your own projects. Our guests you will meet today – Sandra Recka, Tomasz Lasek and Mateusz Zawadzki are just the first of many names you will see there.
Stay tuned for more news from Lego Fans Zone and join the fun!
O autorze
Agnieszka Muczke
W dzień social media manager i organizatorka eventów fanowskich, w nocy cosplayerka. Cosplayem zajmuje się od 2016 roku i na koncie ma ponad 100 różnych cosplay'i oraz niewiele mniej sesji zdjęciowych. Jej ulubioną częścią każdego projektu jest pozowanie przed kamerą i tworzenie kontentu, który w następstwie udostępnia na swoich Social Mediach. Tutaj pisze i dzieli się swoją wiedzą na temat gier, mangi i anime.