The Foundation for Visual Arts is an independent, non-profit arts organization dedicated to the promotion and dissemination of the visual arts in Poland, with an emphasis on photography. Established in Krakow in 2001, the Foundation has, in its second decade, continually sought out new and evolving definitions of what photography is and can be within the context of contemporary society; and the ways in which photographers and other visual artists can both document and subvert, chronicle and challenge aspects of a complex society, one frame, exhibition, and photo-book at a time.

The Foundation also believes strongly in the importance and vitality of books, on shelves and in hands, long after an exhibition has been packed up, or a conference has come and gone; and so the Foundation, as publisher, has brought into print publications ranging from monographs exploring the history and theory of photography to limited-edition photo and artists’ books.