"Skrawki" (eng. Snippets, shreds) is a tale of the oldest generation of fans at the Służewiec
Horse Racing Track, and of an old Warsaw that is passing away before our very eyes.
It is a record of the atmosphere, the mood of the place created by the heroes portrayed in
the photos. A small community of people living, just like Hanta in Hrabal's "Too Loud a Solitude",
at the junction of two eras. The post-war age of analogue, Communist times, and the era of the
free market, the Internet and digitization.
"You can see just the gambling part of the races. What I noticed there was a huge passion of elderly people who, instead of sitting in front of the TV, meet by the track every weekend. They create a microclimate that I tried to capture in my frames."
These photographs are an affirmation of old age, the coming to terms with the natural cycle of life, at a time when by glorifying youth, all we do is harm to ourselves.
The photography book was released in May 2015.
Big thanks to everyone that helped me.
Special extremely big thanks to my patronages:
TOTALIZATOR SPORTOWY
TOR SŁUŻEWIEC
OLYMPUS
PORTAL WARSZAWSKI
