[2] She took an interest in photography in Wojciech Gerson's painting studio[2] and went to Vienna, Paris[3] and Berlin to study the medium.

[4] From the mid-1890s, she ran her own photography studio in Warsaw, first located at Erywańska Street, then moved to Hotel Bristol.

[7] In 1899, a company Golcz ran with Szalay played a role in creating the first distribution networks of foreign films in Warsaw and Łódź.

[8] Golcz initiated and published a photography magazine called Światło[1][3][2] and was among the founders of an association of photographers in Warsaw (Towarzystwo Fotograficzne w Warszawie).

[1] Due to the incompetence of Kirchner, Golcz was eventually forced to close the school, after sinking all of her savings into the endeavour.