The article compares two pieces of reportage: Z Puszczy Białowieskiej (From Białowieża Forest) by Henryk Sienkiewicz (published in 1882) and Białowieża w albumie (Białowieża in an Album) by Zygmunt Gloger (published in 1903). Both texts were written after their common trip to Białowieża Forest in 1882. In the article, the author recognizes that the writers had different aims in creating the texts. Sienkiewicz had a plan to publish the reportage in “Słowo” from the beginning, while Gloger decided to write his article 20 years after the expedition. Then the author analyzes and interprets various stylistic components of both texts. Attention is paid to Sienkiewicz’s typical well-developed initiation of reportage, conventional use of colour ter...