HOUR1207 STUDIO
OUR STORY
Before there was a studio, there was a way of seeing.
ZBIGNIEW KUBASIAK
Founder & Artist
HOUR1207 Studio
THE WAY OF SEEING
I have always been drawn to the kind of beauty that asks us to look a little longer.
Sometimes it was a flower. A particular shade of light. An unexpected relationship between colors. A shape that seemed ordinary until something in it began to feel extraordinary.
Photography became one of my first ways of exploring that fascination.
BEYOND THE VISIBLE
But I was never interested only in capturing what stood before the lens. I wanted to discover what existed beyond the visible — the atmosphere, the emotion, the quiet significance hidden within a seemingly simple image.
Over time, I began searching for something more personal.
I explored the relationships between color and shadow, the softness of painterly transitions, the tension between stillness and movement. I learned that even the smallest change in tone, proportion or light could transform the way an image was felt.
What began as observation gradually became interpretation.
And interpretation became a need to create.
QUEEN OF ASTRA
A WORLD OF MY OWN
For years, photography was my way of exploring the world — searching for beauty in light, color, form and the smallest details of nature.
For a time, I explored a different model of presenting my photographic work, guided by a simple belief: a photograph should be able to speak for itself.
Yet gradually, I began to understand that my vision needed more than a place to be seen.
I wanted to create a world of my own — a space where I could follow my imagination, develop my artistic language and give my work the presence I believed it deserved.
And so, I began carving my own path.
Not simply towards a collection of beautiful objects, but towards something with its own identity, rhythm and sense of purpose.
AN INNER WORLD
Music has always been part of that inner world.
There are moments when sound becomes almost visual to me. A rhythm suggests movement. A melody carries a color. A powerful composition can awaken an image long before it takes its final form.
I have come to understand that what moves us is not always something we can explain.
Sometimes we simply feel it.
That is the experience I search for in my work.
A PART OF ME
I believe an image can carry something of the person who created it. Not a literal portrait, but a trace of their sensitivity, fascination and way of perceiving the world.
I have always found a particular kind of beauty in women, just as I find it in nature — in the harmony of forms, the subtlety of gestures, and the emotions carried by a glance.
They are different worlds, each with its own language of beauty, character and mystery.
Perhaps that is why the feminine presence returns so often in my artistic imagination. Beyond what the eye can see, there is always something more to discover.
Every creative decision passes through that deeply human lens.
The selection of a form. The harmony of colors. The balance between light and darkness. The decision to leave something unresolved.
None of these choices is entirely separate from the person making them.
THE BIRTH OF HOUR1207
HOUR1207 was born from the desire to give this inner world a presence beyond myself.
In 2026, that desire took shape as an independent art and design studio.
What had once existed as individual visual explorations became a place for developing artistic compositions, contemporary design objects and works intended to live within real spaces.
But the purpose was never simply to fill those spaces.
I wanted to create things that could interrupt an ordinary moment. Something a person might notice, return to, and perhaps experience differently with each encounter.
A sense of beauty. A moment of fascination. An unexpected emotional connection.
Something that stays.
A HUMAN VISION.
AN AI
Along this creative journey, I found an unexpected collaborator — AUER, my AI Creative Collaborator.
A dialogue of ideas, imagination, occasional madness and countless cups of coffee.
The artistic vision has always been mine. But some journeys become more interesting when there is someone to exchange ideas with — even if that someone is artificial intelligence.
THE PRESENCE OF ART
Today, HOUR1207 continues to grow from the same curiosity that first drew me toward photography: the search for meaning within shapes, colors, light and the invisible relationships between them.
My methods may evolve. My artistic language may change.
But the reason I create remains the same.
THE REASON I CREATE
I want to give form to what I feel — and offer others the possibility of feeling something of their own.
That is why I created HOUR1207.
And that is the part of me that lives within it.
FOR MY SON, NATANIEL
One day, when you look at what I have created, I hope you will see more than images, colors and beautiful objects.
I hope you will see a part of my heart.
May you always have the courage to see the world through your own eyes, to discover beauty in unexpected places, and to remain true to what you feel.
Everything I have built here, every dream and every moment of creation, I dedicate to you.
With all my love,
Dad.