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A step away from paradise…
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Photographies was taken in 2015 and 2016 during last european migrants crisis in one of the centres for asylium seekers in Poland. At that time media shown dramatically situation at Mediterranean Sea and european borders. Poland refuse to take part in european relocation program.
They are centres located somewhere on the margins, left behind by previous residents – and they cannot easily replace a home. They become places of alienation. They might provide safety, but do they provide the chance for development and a new life? Culture clashes are never easy. There is a need to learn new, completely alien relationships: man – woman, parents – children, citizen – nation state, person – society, private life – religion. To be a part of life one has arrived in, one has to give up parts of their identity from their home country, which does not come easy. And to add insult to injury, locals gain knowledge from the often subjective media and give side eye to all those that are new – to those that are different.
Refugees forced by history from their homes, looking for safe asylums. It’s a natural history of the human family, meeting of the foreign and unknown enriches both sides.
Awards and special prizes:
Several awards and special prizes in “Foto” magazine contests held in 2002, 2003 and 2005
Special prize from “Phototomagazin” monthly, Russia – 2002
1st award in Radio Zet monthly contest on the theme “Places worth going back to”
2nd award, cat. People/Portrait – IPOTY 2015
Grand prix, cat. My Poland – migrants and refugees daily life- HumanDoc 2016
Exhibitions:
Collective exhibition inTashkent and Brussels, UN photo contest on the theme “Water is Life”, the Tashkent House of Photography, the Academy of Arts of Uzbekistan – 2003
Collective exhibition in Brussels, “I live with MS in Poland” contest, “Pozytywny impuls” quarterly magazine and Polish MS Society – 2007
Collective exhibition in Old Gallery ZPAF, July 2013, September 2014
Individual exhibition “A step away from paradise …” Muranow Station Foundation, Warsaw – June 2016 and the Center for Culture and Tourism, Mrągowo – September 2016
Individual exhibition “A step away from paradise …”, Gallery of Photography B & B, Bielsko-Biala – October 2016
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Photographies was taken in 2015 and 2016 during last european migrants crisis in one of the centres for asylium seekers in Poland. At that time media shown dramatically situation at Mediterranean Sea and european borders. Poland refuse to take part in european relocation program.
They are centres located somewhere on the margins, left behind by previous residents – and they cannot easily replace a home. They become places of alienation. They might provide safety, but do they provide the chance for development and a new life? Culture clashes are never easy. There is a need to learn new, completely alien relationships: man – woman, parents – children, citizen – nation state, person – society, private life – religion. To be a part of life one has arrived in, one has to give up parts of their identity from their home country, which does not come easy. And to add insult to injury, locals gain knowledge from the often subjective media and give side eye to all those that are new – to those that are different.
Refugees forced by history from their homes, looking for safe asylums. It’s a natural history of the human family, meeting of the foreign and unknown enriches both sides.
About author:
Graduate of School of Association of Polish Art Photographers.Awards and special prizes:
Several awards and special prizes in “Foto” magazine contests held in 2002, 2003 and 2005
Special prize from “Phototomagazin” monthly, Russia – 2002
1st award in Radio Zet monthly contest on the theme “Places worth going back to”
2nd award, cat. People/Portrait – IPOTY 2015
Grand prix, cat. My Poland – migrants and refugees daily life- HumanDoc 2016
Exhibitions:
Collective exhibition inTashkent and Brussels, UN photo contest on the theme “Water is Life”, the Tashkent House of Photography, the Academy of Arts of Uzbekistan – 2003
Collective exhibition in Brussels, “I live with MS in Poland” contest, “Pozytywny impuls” quarterly magazine and Polish MS Society – 2007
Collective exhibition in Old Gallery ZPAF, July 2013, September 2014
Individual exhibition “A step away from paradise …” Muranow Station Foundation, Warsaw – June 2016 and the Center for Culture and Tourism, Mrągowo – September 2016
Individual exhibition “A step away from paradise …”, Gallery of Photography B & B, Bielsko-Biala – October 2016
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