Praski Story

praski --------- hmmmm -------- i have to ------- cant be that bad ------- hmmmmm

ma'am, we dont have any of your charts ------------ i'll wait, please keep looking ------ here it is -------- your name again?

waiting ------ not just me ----------- waiting----------- looking around ----- waiting

good --- i can still walk ----- poor lady ---- she must have good daughter, she took time off work ----- i have good daugter too

ok, time to go   ---- where is that again?

descending into the x-ray basement ------- green dark basement ----- it will be quick, i hope, i want

was it flooded recently ? ------ why these women are so unpleasant here? ------- i really want to get out quick

Targówek Welcome

One of the most infamous districts of Warsaw - happened to be my home :) Targówek is one big "blokowisko", I guess in the west called a "project". As most of my generation we grew up in those, 2,3-room apartments with bath and kitchen with a wonderful view on other 3-bedms-bath-kitchens. 

Surrounded by high project buildings, old architecture crumbles uninhibited and forgotten.... ... while the tall weeds get their half-a-decade makeover ...

To get away from it all you can kill some time at local Tesco, with the wide range of polish cuisine - flaki, kurczak z rozna, golonka z gryczana or choose from wide range of price-oriented fashion items.

Many locals, my fellow neighbors and ex-schoolmates prefer to spend their free time on "działkas" - small garden quarters that somehow people came across owning throughout 80-ties. Działkas" are famous for the spontaneously staring fires, late night police raids and free cherries you can pick in season from your next-door grandma's "działka". Besides that it is great place to spend time with your buddies drinking "Biedronka's" cheap beer or hang out on the heat distribution pipes.  

Welcome to Targowek ! I hate Biedronka !

Silent Disco , huh ????

Silent disco at Opener Festival, Gdynia 2011. Tons of people dancing in complete silence in old airplane hangar. So much FUN!

Carnaval 2011

With an inexcusable delay - some of this year's Carnaval pictures.

Couples Photographic Session

a timeless portrait session....

Festa Major Sitges 2010

written by Keith Grafton:
"Each year at the end of August the town goes mad, and this is a place that many think had long lost any form of sanity. Festa Major grips the town!!. Giant status parade through the narrow streets, bands play from early morning to noon and into the night. The whole thing apparently is to celebrate the t...own’s history and the fight of good against evil.
But be warned the devils make a significant impact on the whole proceedings. With a dragon and an eagle breathing fire and smoke, fireworks exploding all around. All the locals come well prepared with hats and glasses, the shop keepers board up their shop fronts just before each parade, this is serious business. These fireworks are not for the meek or faint hearted, and the streets are narrow. A day at Festa Major will leave its marks on your jeans and T-shirts, so be prepared.
The celebration is topped off by one of the biggest beach firework displays in the whole of Spain. 11:00 at night the beach is packed to capacity, to witness 45 minutes and 1 Million Euros worth of fireworks. The town looks like its set on fire and the whole display is something to marvel at "

August Wedding

August is the best month for a wedding in Warsaw. With almost :) reliable weather, the city reveals all it's charm of lush greens, outdoor beer gardens and hundreds of Varsovians casually walking along Krakowskie Przedmiescie. Sylwia & Simon got married on one of those wonderful sunny days. As a spot for a photo shoot the Bride picked one of Warsaw's bridges connecting both banks of Wisla river - Gdanski Bride. The lower part is used only by trains and has quite a unique character.

Gay Pride Parade Sitges 2010

This is my humble attempt of a reportage from the very first Gay Pride Parade held in Sitges this July. Again all is taken with Nikkor 50 mm. The entire set will soon be uploaded to flickr http://www.flickr.com/photos/38034386@N02/