[1] Kuligowski was born in 1946 in Montargis, France into a working-class family of Polish descent.
[1] Kuligowski studied in an advertising photography studio before joining the agency Viva, then VLOO.
Starting in 1973, his black and white photographs were published several times a year such as Camera International and Zoom.
[1] In the 1980s and '90s, he took fashion and advertising photographs, which were published in magazines such as Harper's Bazaar.
[1] In 2000, he began teaching photography courses and training interns.