Arkadius is a documentary and street photographer based in the Blue Mountains, NSW. Originally from Poland, he lived in London for over a decade before moving to Australia in 2020. He began photographing in 2016 — street work at first, losing himself in the flow of the city and following candid moments of everyday life. That practice led him into documenting protest and homelessness in Central London. His series Problems of Perceptions: The Invisible People of London explored how extreme poverty persists in the developed world, and culminated in Homeless — An Exhibition for Change, a group show he co-organised and co-curated. Alongside this, he spent four years photographing protest movements across London — anti-racism marches, climate strikes, Brexit, Extinction Rebellion — building the documentary archive The People Speak. His images from protests reached newspapers and gallery walls. But the thread running through all the work was the same: a refusal to look away — at the people sleeping rough, the people marching, the people a city walks past. After moving to Australia he shifted into event photography — conscious gatherings, embodied movement, intimate festivals — and became deeply immersed in yoga and Contact Improvisation, a form of partnered dance he continues to practise and teach locally in the Mountains. That practice led to Suspending Time — The Art of Presence, an ongoing photographic series shot at 1/60 sec while dancing, exploring flow, connection, and the dissolution of linear time. Sixty images, each capturing one-sixtieth of a second — together, one second of presence. He moved to the Blue Mountains in 2023 and became a father. His current project is Wear for Change, a social enterprise clothing label that puts documentary protest photography onto garments. VOL. 01 launches in 2026. He also practises Zenthai Shiatsu bodywork and facilitates retreats in meditation, embodied movement, and bush walking through Heart Presence