Staying focused on his own vision and his own work helps him to bypass pressure and competition. His fearlessness about experimentation keeps his work unique and from falling into a predictable style. When Pawel Spychalski offered up a big bunch of his underwear and swimwear photos we could hardly say no. These photos have a mostly light spirit, as if the men modeling the briefest of briefs are having a ball showing it all off for the photographer. His Australian sister, in a fit of rage one day, tossed her camera at him and said "Get out of my eyes!" he never returned it.

Pawel's approach to working with models is intensely sincere. He responds to what his subjects bring to the moment and loves meeting each new person and the travel that is often involved. Self-taught photographer Pawel Bronislaw Spychalski is in his 40s and living and working in Warsaw in his native Poland. He is fiercely independent and loyal. He wisely trusts his own instincts rather than following trends.