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A dancer beside a silver Fiat Panda in an orange office set under a luminous grid ceiling
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Office Hours

Project notes

Office Hours
Discipline
Photography · Video
By
Tomek Mąkolski
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Context

Office Hours is a self-initiated photography and film project conceived, produced, photographed and directed by Tomek Mąkolski in collaboration with a dedicated creative and production team. Built around a first-generation Fiat Panda, it brings together a purpose-built office set, styling and performance within one visual concept.

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Approach

The set was designed around the simple geometry of the car. Architecture, styling and performance were planned as equal parts of the same visual concept.

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Production

The office was physically built in the studio. Stills and motion were produced within the same set, with Tomek responsible for the concept, photography, direction and production.

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Result

Recom Farmhouse London graded the film and transferred the same finish to the stills. An image from the series became the cover of Lürzer’s Archive 200 Best Ad Photographers Worldwide 2025/26.

A dancer beside a silver Fiat Panda in an orange office set under a luminous grid ceiling
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Behind the image

Set build · Light · Shoot
Office Hours behind the scenes — Set build
01Set build
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02Set build
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03Set build
Office Hours behind the scenes — Car placement
04Car placement
05On set
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06Set dressing
07On set
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08On set
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Office Hours behind the scenes — Final set
13Final set

Credits

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Concept · Photography · Direction · Production

Tomek Mąkolski

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Hero

Wiktoria Filus

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Talent representation

JUMP / Ola Cywka

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Post production

Recom Farmhouse

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Film grading · Stills retouching

Christoph Bolten / Recom Farmhouse

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Set designer

Aga Janukanis

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1st assistant + light

Amadeusz Dziwisz

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Photo assistants

Damian Maleszewski · Dominik Nowak

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Stylist

Paulina Gzik

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Hair & makeup

Darya Talashka

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Location

Zachód Studio

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Fiat Panda 4×4

Krzyś Niewiadomski

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Photographer representation

Beam · Plugged