Portraits – Stories Category
„Promised City” project description:
Almost half of the citizens of Warsaw are the newcomers who have arrived here to make their dreams of career and better life come true. It is Warsaw where the unemployment is the lowest, the salaries are the highest, the schools are the best, the offer for consumerism is the biggest in the country. I have been living in Warsaw since I was born, but lots of my friends are strangers here. I asked them when they arrived, what for, whether their dreams came true, and what they think of living in the capital. I wanted to portray each of them in their professional environment but some chose other places which had become important for them in Warsaw.
this photo description:
Iwona Piasecka, nurse, portrait in the Baths Park
„I came to Warsaw 10 years ago from a very small town in the south of Poland situated near Krynica Grska and which is called Muszynka. The reason I came was a wish to get a job, but also love Ð my husband.
In my hometown I had a very quiet life, which I now see as if it was in slow motion. Warsaw is a city which makes you run, always hurry up. That is why in my free time I escape to parks, gardens, my beloved Baths Park. I wanted to be photographed there because there is one sentimental story connected with the Baths. A few years ago, when I was a young mother and wife, I strolled a lot in the Baths, especially by the pond. These were the happiest moments, which still move me to tears when I think about them. For a few years now my husband has been abroad, we only see each other in summer. But my son and I often come back to the Baths and wait for the promise we made with my husband 9 years ago to come true. We promised we would come back here together. I am sure it will happen because I believe in it and faith works miracles.
When my son was 2 years and 8 months he started attending kindergarten and I got a job. My first job was partially connected with the occupation I trained f