Melchior Dias Santos is a German photographer based in Kraków, Poland. His work moves between candid photography, abstraction and surrealism.
He is a founding member of UNRECOGNISED COLLECTIVE.
Exhibitions:
2024:
PHOTOGRAPHERS FOR SOCIAL CHANGE (24HOURPROJECT) - HYDERABAD, INDIA
"UNRECOGNISED" (KRAKÓW PHOTOMONTH) - KRAKÓW, POLAND
2025:
"DANCE & OBSERVE" - ppplayhouse - KRAKÓW, POLAND
PHOTOGRAPHERS FOR SOCIAL CHANGE (24HOURPROJECT) - HAMBURG, DE
"UNRECOGNISED Vol.2.5" - KRAKÓW, POLAND
WORLDWIDE STREETS - HAMBURG, DE
WORLDWIDE STREETS - BERLIN, DE
SPOTKANIE Z FOTOGRAFIA ULICZNA I DOKUMENTALNA - WROCŁAW, POLAND
2026:
#JA - GALERIA PRZESTRZENIE - LUBLIN, POLAND
TOKYO STREETS - GPÜ GALLERY SHINJUKU - TOKYO, JAPAN
SPOTKANIE Z FOTOGRAFIA ULICZNA I DOKUMENTALNA - OŁAWA, POLAND
SPOTKANIE Z FOTOGRAFIA ULICZNA I DOKUMENTALNA - LEWKÓW, POLAND
STREET CINEMA PROJECT - METAL WINO - KRAKÓW, POLAND
DIK SI - METAL WINO - KRAKÓW, POLAND
WORLDWIDE STREETS x UNRECOGNISED - KRAKÓW, POLAND
Awards & Recognitions:
Winner: BNW PA Award 2023
Editors' Pick: Lensculture Awards 2023
Winner: TheFlowTrip Contest (feat. Kodak) - Film Category 2024
Finalist: Photographers For Social Change (24HOURPROJECT) 2024
Winner: Urth #SeeTheWorld Comp. 2025
Finalist: Photographers For Social Change (24HOURPROJECT) 2025
Finalist: Black & White Macadam Awards 2025
Honorable Mention : Macadam Awards 2026
Publications/Features/Collabs:
Bored Panda, Collater.al, The Fisheye Magazine, Dehancer, KODAK, TheFlowTrip Magazine (Print), Refocus Media Labs (Competition Judge), Fotografia Uliczna (Competition Judge), Rethinking Refugees, Worldwide Streets, BurnMyEye, Streetizm, BNWPoland, URTH, Moment, Fotografia Uliczna, LensCulture
is a Kraków-based creative collective of street photographers.
United by a shared passion for visual storytelling.
A place where observation becomes expression.
Founded in 2024.
This page will function as a home for some of my current projects and will be a never-ending project itself.
If you enjoy my art please consider supporting me. This will help to fund my work - 100% of it will be reinvested in my craft and photography.