Category: photography

Stairs, scissors, fluencies A story about unusual stairs hidden inside an ordinary apartment block in Kraków’s Podgórze district. In the stairwells of the building at 14 Traugutta Street in Podgórze, Kraków, there are abstract polychrome murals by Stanisław Jakubczyk – an artist who lived in the building in the 1960s and had his studio in… Continue reading Stairs, scissors, fluencies

Urban InterventionsA series of photographs documenting urban spaces rich in textures, signs, and intriguing objects.

insideOUTOutsourcing sector in Kraków. This essay is a part of insideOUT project by Babel Images Collective In last few years city tissue of Krakow has been changing quietly. The impact of outsourcing sector location is so big that urban sociologist start to compare it to Nowa Huta location in 50’s in XX century. But the… Continue reading insideOUT. Outsourcing sector in Kraków.

Teleporter At first, there was an ordinary outhouse.A simple three-door structure standing in the Bieszczady landscape — functional, provisional, devoid of aesthetic ambition. A utilitarian object so obvious it barely invited attention. At some point, someone appeared and decided to improve it.Not to demolish it. Not to replace it. To alter it. Color, detail, subtle… Continue reading Teleporter

Snippets of Identity For centuries, craftsmen were a constant presence in Kraków’s urban landscape. As custodians of guild knowledge, they played significant roles in social life and co-created a micro-world of mutual dependencies. They formed an essential part of the identity of Kraków’s districts. At the beginning of the 21st century, advancing gentrification pushed craftsmen… Continue reading Snippets of identity

21 Jewish Krakowians building a 21st Century Jewish community in Krakow Jewish life in Krakow exists. Despite the Holocaust, despite the post-war period of communism, despite anti-Semitism and many other problems of contemporary Poland – Jewish life goes on continuously. The Jewish world that exists in Krakow today is different from the one that existed… Continue reading 21 Jewish Krakowians building a 21st Century Jewish community in Krakow.