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:
Malgorzata Seck, Kuchnia.tv & Domo Managing Director, portrait at Canal+ office
„I made the decision to come to Warsaw very spontaneously. When I was about to finish my film studies in France, a friend suggested I should try and send my CV to CANAL+, a TV station which had just started in Poland but in France it was the synonym of class and a pioneer in TV technology. When it turned out that they would need somebody like me in a few months, I packed my suitcase, came here, rented a flat and let things happen.
I did not expect much of Warsaw, but it did not seem scary, either. Earlier I had only come here for concerts, plays and other cultural events, so my associations were quite positive. Having lived in Moscow and Lyon before, I was not discouraged by the crowd or traffic jams. I have been living here for 11 years now, I met my husband here, had two daughters, refurbished the flat Ð and less and less frequently ask myself where I come from. In Warsaw I have more places Ôof my ownÕ than anywhere else in the world, so I think that Warsaw is already ÔmineÕ.”