2nd place
silver star award
Iwona Aleksandrowicz
poland 
title
Project "Native Stranger"
The project is financed under the "Social worker" program of the Marshal of the West Pomerania.
In my pictures: Natalija Gordon (Serbia), Sergio Gonzalves (Portugal), Tammaro D'Errico (Italy), Tatiana Straszynska (Bielarus), Temur Balakari (Georgia).
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entry description
I moved 5 times in my life. I changed cities and countries. Every time I started my life from scratch. I got to know new places and new people. In some of them, it was easier. In others worse. Sometimes it was more difficult to acclimate in Poland, in a new city, where the community is horribly closed to others/new/strangers than abroad. Sometimes the native may be stranger and the stranger more native... I recently met a few wonderful foreigners who decided to start their life in Szczecinek (Poland) and surroundings. And they exactly inspired me to create this project. "Native stranger" is a picture of foreigners who decided to settle in West Pomerania. An image of their everyday life, work, favorite places, issues, and successes. The photos were taken with an analog technique (large format camera Graflex Speed Graphic) and developed by myself.The project is financed under the "Social worker" program of the Marshal of the West Pomerania.
In my pictures: Natalija Gordon (Serbia), Sergio Gonzalves (Portugal), Tammaro D'Errico (Italy), Tatiana Straszynska (Bielarus), Temur Balakari (Georgia).
about the photographer
Iwona Aleksandrowicz, born in 1971. Ex-German translator and advertising manager. In 2010 completely loses herself in portraits and nude photography. Since 2013 shoots only with the analog technique, medium- and large format cameras. She is self-taught in terms of the technique of shooting with analog cameras as well as developing the pictures in the traditional darkroom. In 2014 became interested in instant film technique. Painting-like photos, carried out in this technique, are particularly appreciated by many recipients.back to gallery
