Hanna Jarzabek

Photographer & Storyteller
      
Carol - "The Autumn Flowers"
Location: Madrid, Spain
Nationality: Polish
Biography: Documentary photographer and freelance photojournalist Hanna Jarzabek (1976, Poland). She finished a Master degree in Political Science and worked on refugee reports for UN agencies such as UNRWA and UNCTA. She developed her passion for... MORE
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Carol - "The Autumn Flowers"
Copyright Hanna Jarzabek 2024
Updated Dec 2023
Topics Civil Rights, Discrimination, Documentary, Human Rights, Photography, Photojournalism, Transgender


Carol 



“I've been living all my life with the belief that I was a weirdo. I came out of the deepest darkness” - Carol understood what happened to her just few years ago. Today she is above 70. Since she was very young she was attracted to women's clothing and, when she was alone at home, she ran to try on the clothes of her mother and sister. For her, these were fleeting moments of happiness. He noticed that he was different from the others, and the only solution she saw was to remain silent.


Then, came the time of the military and then the marriage. She began to work as a salesman in her father-in-law's company and, little by little, climbing steps, she became the general director of the administrative council. – “If I knew before what was happening with me, my life would probably have been very different. Surely I would never have become a general manager and maybe I would not have been able to keep any job. In the end, maybe it was a good thing that I understood everything when I was already retired. At least now I do not fear for my future.”


From the outside, Carol's life seemed well arranged: two children, a large house, private pool and racing cars. But inside, the need to look for moments of femininity became more and more intense. Retirement gave her time to rethink everything. She started going to EnFemme, a private space where people like her meet to enjoy their femininity. But the moment came when she could no longer follow this double life. – “It's like with champagne. When you take out the cork everything explodes with force and you cannot stop it. When I understood who I was, I could not turn back.”

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