Maciej Osika (b. 1981, Poland) – in his photographs he uses both traditional techniques and computer processing. The author of numerous portrait series with himself as a model; in pre-arranged poses and appropriate stylization, he impersonated perfectly a number of women. While most of the pictures excellently obliterate differences in sex, some give away the sham and address the question of gender identity. All the incarnations transmit a very intimate understanding and experience of beauty, where eroticism and idealization are the starting point for a nearly exhibitionist desire to fully demonstrate one’s own personality. From the perspective of two decades of social and cultural transformations in Poland, Osika continues to remain one of the few artists who openly address their sexuality in the context of cultural and esthetic stereotypes that continue to prevail in contemporary society.