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Mateusz Baj
Photographer
"Tutejsi" (The locals)
Location: Ukraine
Nationality: Polish
Biography:
Born in 1988 ; a graduate of the Faculty of Journalism and Political Science ( specialisation: Press Photography) from the University of Warsaw. He comes from WÅ‚odawa in the Eastern Poland. Working as a freelancer, though, he is not...
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January, 2014. Svitiaz, Ukraine. A girl is descending into a frozen lake during the Orthodox feast of Baptism of Christ.
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November, 2013. Shack, Ukraine. Colonel Michail Girycz is standing in front of his house. He is the living veteran of World War II. He fought in Japan. Before the war he was attending a polish school. Even today, he remembers well the lyrics
of the national anthem of Poland ("Dabrowski's Mazurka").
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November, 2013. Holovno, Ukraine. An obelisk commemorating the Red Army.
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November, 2013. Shack, Ukraine. Tatiana with her horse. In Ukraine horses are still an indespensible working force in all farmworks.
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July,2014. Okuninka. Poland. Kamil Krynica spends holidays in his hometown. He, like most of young people moved from estern Poland.
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December, 2013. Slawatycze, Poland. Arnold Solodyszkiewicz, eighteen year-old, is participating in a traditional march of "Bearded Men" in the village of Slawetycze. The name of these masquerade-party heroes derives from the extremely long artificial
beards made of flax fiber which the men are putting on to bid farewell to the old year. The beards symbolize long life and plentiful and wealthy experiences. As it has been happening for centuries now-for the last three days of a year, the young citizens
of Slawetycze wander around the village dressed up as bearded men, chasing and spooking the girls.
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January, 2014. Svitiaz, Ukraine. A procession during the Baptism of Christ feast day.
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January, 2014. Svitiaz, Ukraine. A procession during the Baptism of Christ feast day.
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November, 2013. Lubolm, Ukraine. An apartment block.
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November, 2010. Sobibór, Poland. A coffin in the hall in the house of Pawel Chomontowski. In Eastern Poland the tradition of a wake is still often performed in the house of the dead person.
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June, 2014. Sobibór, Poland. The house, in which Stach had lived with his mother, burned two years ago. Today, he lives in a refurbished utility room.
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