POLISH HIGHLANDERS IS A PHOTO-REPORTAGE ABOUT A SEPERATE ETHNIC GROUP BASED IN THE SOUTH OF POLAND.
I HAVE BEEN WITNESS AND PARTICIPANT OF THEIR LIFES BECOMING PART OF THEIR SECLUDED COMMUNITY AT LEAST FOR A TINY MOMENT IN TIME.
THAT ALLOWED ME TO PORTRAY THEM WITH HONESTY AND CONFIDENCE, AND ALLOWED THEM TO FEEL SAFE WITH MY LENS POINTED TOWARDS THEIR DIRECTION.
THIS PROJECT IS AN ENQUIRY INTO ETHNOSOCIOLOGY AND CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY THROUGH PHOTOGRAPHIC MEANS.
MOST OF ALL IT IS A PHOTO-STORY ABOUT MAYBE ONE OF THE LAST SOCIETIES IN WHICH A HUMAN BEING COMES IN FRONT OF MONEY, WHERE FAMILY AND FRIENDSHIP MATTERS, AND MORE OVER ITS VITAL FOR OVERALL CONDITION OF COMMUNITY ITSELF. HOWEVER, IT ALSO DRAWS UPON ASPECTS OF UNKNOWN, EXTINCT AND ITS A PHOTOGRAPHIC DOCUMENTATION OF HOW THE HERITAGE OF THEIR ANCESTORS SURVIVES IN THE 21st CENTURY.