Irena Elgas-Markiewicz
1921–2019 (age 98)
Biography
Irena Elgas-Markiewicz was an accomplished Polish photographer whose artistic vision and technical skill captured important moments and subjects throughout her career. Her photographic work contributed to Poland's visual cultural heritage and documented aspects of Polish life and society with sensitivity and artistry.
Elgas-Markiewicz's photographic legacy endures through her body of work and the artistic vision she brought to the medium. She is remembered as a talented and dedicated photographer whose images preserve important moments in Polish history and culture, with her memory honored at Rakowicki Cemetery.