Anna Liminowicz

Photographer

www.annaliminowicz.pl

LGBT POLAND - for NYTimes

Location: Warsaw, Poland

Nationality: Polish

Biography: Anna Liminowicz - photographer and reportage author based in Warsaw, Poland. A contributor to The New York Times, she works with Der Spiegel, NRC, Die Welt, The Globe and Mail, Les Echos and many others. She divides her work between... read on

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“No one told me that something like homosexuality exists,” said Maciej Gosniowski. “I didn’t know there was something like being a gay.”

Warsaw, Poland 2019

The New York Times

Maciej Gosniowski in bookstore Wrzenie Åšwiata
Warsaw, Poland 2019

The New York Times

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Mr. Gosniowski, left, preparing costumes for a performance. He decided to come out not long after he was beaten in high school and works as one of only a handful of drag performers in Poland.

Warsaw, 2019

The New York Times

Hubert Sobecki, right, leads Love Does Not Exclude, a nonprofit that campaigns for the recognition of same-sex marriage.

Warsaw, Poland 2019

The New York Times

The palace of Culture and Science, which hosts Warsaw’s City Council. The mayor introduced a declaration last month aimed at promoting tolerance for the L.G.B.T. community.

Warsaw, Poland 2019

The New York Times

Pro and anti-L.G.B.T. activists arguing about the Warsaw declaration during a City Council meeting.

Warsaw, Poland 2019

The New York Times

Solidarity with the L.G.B.T. community in Bialystok.
Warsaw, Poland 2019

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Bialystok, Poland 2019

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Fans of the local soccer team were among the far-right protesters who confronted L.G.B.T. marchers in Bialystok.
Poland 2019

The New York Times

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Most chilling, Katarzyna Sztop-Rutkowska said, was that the angry mob included faces familiar to her.

“What happened in Bialystok was the result of months of propaganda,” Ms. Sztop-Rutkowska said.

The anti-gay language has also been pushed by many figures in the Roman Catholic Church.

Bialystok, Poland 2019

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A “L.G.B.T.-Free” sticker promoted by a Polish publication.
Bialystok, Poland 2019

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Jakub Przybysz is well acquainted with the hatred directed at gay people in many parts of the country. It is why he hid his sexuality for years.

Even before the recent anti-L.G.B.T. campaign, it was not easy being gay in this conservative town. There are no gay-friendly clubs or coffeehouses. It would be crazy, he said, to walk hand-in-hand with a same-sex partner.

Bialystok, Poland 2019

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Organizers of an L.G.T.B march in Bialystok, Poland. “I don’t want to leave this country, but I wonder if there is a place in Poland where I can feel safe,” said one.

Bialystok, Poland 2019

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Solidarity with the L.G.B.T. community in Bialystok.
Warsaw, Poland 2019

The New York Times

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In a show of solidarity with the L.G.B.T. community in Bialystok, thousands of demonstrators took to the streets of Warsaw and other cities on Saturday.
Warsaw, Poland 2019

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Hubert Sobecki, leads Love Does Not Exclude, a nonprofit that campaigns for the recognition of same-sex marriage.

Warsaw, Poland 2019

The New York Times

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Solidarity with the L.G.B.T. community in Bialystok.
Warsaw, Poland 2019

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Solidarity with the L.G.B.T. community in Bialystok.
Warsaw, Poland 2019

The New York Times

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Public Story

LGBT POLAND - for NYTimes

Copyright Anna Liminowicz 2022

Date of Work Apr 2019 - Jul 2019

Updated Oct 2019

Location Poland

Archived as Anna liminowicz, Gay Rights, Human rights, lgbt, Lgbt poland, New york times, Nytimes, Photography, Portaits

On assignment for The New York Times

1. Poland’s Populists Pick a New Top Enemy: Gay People

2. Anti-Gay Brutality in a Polish Town Blamed on Poisonous Propaganda

Text by Marc Santora and Joanna Berendt

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Anna Liminowicz

On assignment for The New York Times

1. Poland’s Populists Pick a New Top Enemy: Gay People

Text by Marc Santora and Joanna Berendt

Also by Anna Liminowicz —

TRUCKERS - for NYTimes

VIRUS OF FEAR-supported by NatGeo Emergency Fund

PUBLICATIONS

NYTimes: MATA

Portraits

ZAMALOWANE OKNA ( Painted-over windows )

KLEMENTYNA SUCHANOW- for El Pais Semanal

HALF-NAKED MOUNTAIN TOURS- for NRC

VIRUS OF FEAR - supported by Nat Geo Emergency Fund

SAFEZONE- for NYTimes

FIREWORKS - for NRC

FIGHTING FROM THE SHADOWS - for The Globe and Mail

COMMON SPACE / Wspólna podloga

BETWEEN THE BLOCKS / Miedzy blokami

A POLISH MUSEUM TURNS TO THE RIGHT- for NYTimes

A HELPING OF POLISH NOSTALGIA - for NYTimes

#STAYatHOME-WP The Journal

POLISH BRAS - for NYTimes

DISPATCH - for NYTimes

Patrimony

EURO-SCHIZOPHRENIA OF POLES -for Les Echos Week- End

RIDE FOR THE LIVING - for NYTimes

Wissam Sami