Grzędziński has been covering the war in Ukraine since the start of the Russian invasion. He describes the photos selected for the display as “a story of the human condition in war."
Grzędziński told the media that war is most destructive to civilians. "It comes and destroys their lives," he said.
“What Reszka and I focus on in our project is the effects of war on ordinary people," he added.
According to curator Monika Szewczyk-Wittek, the exhibition tells the story of the war in Ukraine not through numbers or statistics, but by tracing ”the stories of individual people who have their names, their past, and, I deeply hope, their future.”
Grzędziński’s photos come with text by Reszka.
The captions and the text are in Polish, English and Ukrainian. The exhibition also features a multimedia display and two films.
The event runs until August 17.
Grzędziński is a freelance photojournalist who has covered many war conflicts, including in Lebanon, Iraq, Afghanistan, South Sudan and Georgia. From 2011 to 2015, he served as the official photographer to Polish President Bronisław Komorowski. His honours include the World Press Photo Award for Spot News and the Sony World Photography Award.
Reszka is a prominent journalist, reporter and writer. He is a staff writer for Poland's Polityka weekly. His previously worked as the Moscow correspondent for the Rzeczpospolita daily. He covered the conflicts in Georgia and Ukraine, among other assignments.
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