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:
Karolina Bregula, visual artist, portrait near the construction site
„I am a visual artist. I came to Warsaw in 2001 to do a three-year-long photography course, after which at first I did not want to stay here. Later it turned out that I got used to it so much that I could not move out. I love Warsaw because it is endless, unplanned, unobvious. I like watching its architectural, cultural and social growth. Its chaos, the traffic and constant changes inspire me, its imperfections motivate my activities. I feel necessary here. Probably there is no better place in the world for me than Warsaw, which you can co – create. That was why I wanted to be portrayed with a construction site in the background.”