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:
Joanna Kowalik, works for TVP Kultura, portrait at the Mausoleum Ð Soviet soldiers cemetery
„I came to Warsaw because my hometown was too small. It was unthinkable for me to consider living my whole life in one town, which, to make things worse, was so small. I come from Lublin; I started studying in Warsaw in 1994.
Warsaw is quite a big city, but at the same time it is rather small. Now I cannot imagine staying here all my life. I like changes. I like getting to know new people, new places. Warsaw is a stressed-out city, which promotes one model of life. I prefer bigger cities with a bit more positive, varied energy. Still, I have a lot of friends here, which adds colour to my life, and a job, which I love.
I have never thought of pursuing any career, but any big city provides a lot of opportunities of work, and that is appealing. Sometimes it is enough to open up to challenges and they appear by themselves. I did theatre studies, but I am not interested in theatre any more. I took up photography, but now it does not seem anything special to me, either. It may be a step ahead, a link. At the moment I am occupied with a moving picture. I am not thinking about what comes next, I hope it will be new cities.
As a place to be portray