Malgorzata Florkowska, a native of Poland earned her Master's Degree in Economics at Poznan Economic University, in Poland. In 1984 she moved to the United States. She is a self-taught photographer. Her new life in Georgia exposed her to red clay and the farming community. In 2007 her photograph "Ties that Bind" won the first place in the Slowexposures Juried Exhibition. In 2008 she organized and curated "Horsing around" a photogrraphy exhibit of horses and equine-related subjects. In 2009 she published her first book "The Joy of Farming". She judged the Puppy Love Show in Zebulon, Georgia, in 2010. Her photographs have been shown in group exhibitions in galleries around Atlanta. In September 2010, her second solo show at J. Michel's Gallery and Frame, in Griffin, GA, was the satellite show of the Slowexposures program.