Olga Swiatecka

Photographer
Not a girl yet not a woman
Location: Warsaw
Nationality: Polish
Biography: Â Olga ÅšwiÄ…tecka grew up in the eastern part of Poland. Olga ÅšwiÄ…tecka likes to talk in 3rd person. Her biograms get outdated constantly. She's curious and likes trying new things out. She lived her teen years with a camera in her pocket and... MORE
Public Story
Not a girl yet not a woman
Copyright Olga Swiatecka 2024
Updated Dec 2012
Topics Documentary, Femininity, Poland, Portraiture, Transition

Not a girl, yet not a woman is a story of a metamorphosis captured by the lens. It's a transition from girlhood into femininity. Paulina Wilk, a writer, says: "(...) every day, I felt that I change shape. I remember the physical feeling of the emergence of my very own self. Farewell to the fear and a sudden surge of confidence that I'm on the other side." This state is a time of questions, insinuations, exploration, worries. For girls, characters of the story, it's a period of a change from who they no longer are into who they aren't yet.

Each portrait has been taken in the girl's room. A room where they grew up in, feel comfortable in and still live with their parents nearby. A room that they've been creating for years, that displays a part of their personalities as much as their words.

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