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Fri, 06 Jan 2012 03:37:00 -0800 2 zł http://wihajster.posterous.com/2-zl http://wihajster.posterous.com/2-zl

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Nowy Świat, Warsaw.

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Fri, 09 Dec 2011 13:02:00 -0800 Photographers http://wihajster.posterous.com/photographers http://wihajster.posterous.com/photographers

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Sat, 03 Dec 2011 14:29:00 -0800 Let’s get out of here http://wihajster.posterous.com/lets-get-out-of-here http://wihajster.posterous.com/lets-get-out-of-here

Let’s get out of here. Re:wizje sztuki 5, Palace of Culture and Science, Warsaw.

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Wed, 16 Nov 2011 16:57:00 -0800 Gnome noose http://wihajster.posterous.com/gnome-noose http://wihajster.posterous.com/gnome-noose

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Gnome noose / Stryczek dla krasnala

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Tue, 15 Nov 2011 01:19:00 -0800 My class - Rørvig Folkehøjskole http://wihajster.posterous.com/my-class-rorvig-folkehojskole http://wihajster.posterous.com/my-class-rorvig-folkehojskole

A person with clinical depression, an ex-monk, a vegetarian cook, a ticket seller, an artist, a pensioner, a businessman and a person I can’t really say anything specific about. They were my classmates. How did it happen? It was all thanks to a very special school and a unique educational system ("find det, du er god til" - find what you are good at). Rørvig Folkehøjskole is one of Denmark’s many folk schools.

Birger, a great artist and an eccentric, once said about our mutual friend: "He wanted to leave the school and travel around the world but was back in three days. It must have been a very small world.". Or a very interesting school to go back to.

The full article (in Polish) appeared in the November issue of the PDF magazine of the University of Warsaw.

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Thu, 20 Oct 2011 16:10:00 -0700 Andrzej http://wihajster.posterous.com/andrzej http://wihajster.posterous.com/andrzej

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Mr. Andrzej says that black is the colour of ignorance.

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Thu, 13 Oct 2011 14:07:00 -0700 Lady from Targowa http://wihajster.posterous.com/lady-from-targowa http://wihajster.posterous.com/lady-from-targowa

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Lady from Targowa, Warsaw. Mr. Andrzej says Targowa street lies on the wrong side of the river: “It’s bad energy”. And I have to admit that the feeling, the people, the rythm are rather awkward.

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Thu, 06 Oct 2011 14:50:00 -0700 Sleep tight http://wihajster.posterous.com/sleep-tight http://wihajster.posterous.com/sleep-tight

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Mon, 19 Sep 2011 07:32:00 -0700 Krzysztof http://wihajster.posterous.com/krzysztof http://wihajster.posterous.com/krzysztof

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Sun, 18 Sep 2011 13:35:00 -0700 Protest przeciw eksmisjom na ul. Józefa (in Polish) http://wihajster.posterous.com/protest-przeciw-eksmisjom-na-ul-jozefa http://wihajster.posterous.com/protest-przeciw-eksmisjom-na-ul-jozefa

Protest przeciw eksmisjom na ul. Józefa i gentryfikacji centrum Krakowa. Życzyłbym sobie więcej takich akcji, nie tylko w tak smutnych okolicznościach. To, co zobaczyłem na Józefa, to prawdziwe poczucie wspólnoty mieszkańców i ludzi zaangażowanych społecznie. Lokatorzy, anarchiści, turyści, osoby o różnych poglądach politycznych - barwny i życzliwy tłumek. Siedzieliśmy na krzesłach wystawionych na ulicy, rozmawiając i słuchając wspierających protest zespołów - było jak w krajach południowych. Dodatkowym punktem programu była możliwość spisania przez policję, która wysłała do “obsługi” protestujących 5 radiowozów.

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Thu, 08 Sep 2011 16:05:00 -0700 The Yellow Town http://wihajster.posterous.com/the-yellow-town http://wihajster.posterous.com/the-yellow-town

Reposting an old set in colour. Because I can. And actually, it looks so much better with this yellow tint. "The Yellow Town", Annebergparken, soon to be closed psychiatric hospital in Nykøbing Sjælland, Denmark. Opened in 1915, at some point housed almost 800 patients and 400 employees.

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Fri, 26 Aug 2011 05:38:00 -0700 Lwów - Wałbrzych - Tel Aviv http://wihajster.posterous.com/lwow-walbrzych-tel-aviv http://wihajster.posterous.com/lwow-walbrzych-tel-aviv

Zuzanna was born in a Jewish family in Lwów, Ukraine, then moved to Wałbrzych, Poland to finally emigrate to Israel in 1964. As a 16-year old she had to learn Hebrew, a language quite alien to her. She has visited Poland a few times since 1989. She still speaks Polish fluently. Had she not told stories about Israel and shared some Jewish humour the four hours on a train to Kraków would not have passed so quickly.

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Tue, 19 Jul 2011 08:29:00 -0700 Tadeusz http://wihajster.posterous.com/tadeusz http://wihajster.posterous.com/tadeusz

I met Mr. Tadeusz on a street in Lublin. I asked if I could take a photo of him. "A photo of me? Do you know how old I am?". "68?" - I asked with a little bit of flattery. "84!" - he replied vigorously and showed me his identity card. "1927" - it read. And so he asked me to visit him at his house at the outskirts of Lublin. I had no plans for the day so I agreed to accompany him. He wanted to prepare for the visit and buy some cake so I offered to pay for it. He strongly refused explaining he had no better things to spend his money on. 20 minutes later we were in Głusk, some 10 kilometres from the city. It was a yet another post-communist village with a bus stop, cheap claret pavements and terrible 90s-style houses. Right after I had taken the first picture of Mr. Tadeusz posing in the backyard he showed me to his barn where he would spend most of his time. It was a place that he has been using to hide from his ex-wife and a place that he has filled with a multitude of objects, including an old Czechoslovakian motorcycle "Jawa".

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Sun, 17 Jul 2011 13:05:00 -0700 1 zł http://wihajster.posterous.com/1-zl http://wihajster.posterous.com/1-zl

Pictures taken on the streets of Lublin. The last man asked me for 0,20 zł but raised the fee to 0,50 zł when he realised I wanted to take a picture of him. Having been given 1 zł he asked for 0,20 zł extra. All in all, they had a nice aura around them.

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Sat, 16 Jul 2011 10:52:00 -0700 Warszawa Centralna http://wihajster.posterous.com/warszawa-centralna http://wihajster.posterous.com/warszawa-centralna

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Another Panasonic FZ8 snapshot featuring Nikodem Baiser's artwork at Warszawa Centralna.

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Thu, 14 Jul 2011 08:15:00 -0700 U Warszawian http://wihajster.posterous.com/u-warszawian http://wihajster.posterous.com/u-warszawian

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W "Barze Familijnym" przy Nowym Świecie 39 starsza pani - włosy siwe, fryzura imponująca i z pewną fantazją, usta w intensywnym pomarańczu, czarna bluzka w kwiaty (na zdjęciu obiekt zastępczy). Poleciła naleśniki z serem, ale pozostałem przy swoich ulubionych leniwych. Gdy wychodziłem, zaczepiła: "A co pan studiuje?". Poradziła, żeby zobaczyć Barbakan, ale powiedziałem, że mamy lepszy. I jeszcze Łazienki. I jeszcze poleciła tu do baru wracać. Podała mi dłoń, życząc powodzenia. I pomyśleć, że jakiemuś idiocie "Familijny" stylistycznie do Nowego Świata nie pasował!

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Tue, 12 Jul 2011 08:11:00 -0700 Stefan http://wihajster.posterous.com/stefan http://wihajster.posterous.com/stefan

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A holiday maker in Kazimierz Dolny, Poland.

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Sun, 10 Jul 2011 10:29:00 -0700 Andrzej Zygmuntowicz http://wihajster.posterous.com/andrzej-zygmuntowicz http://wihajster.posterous.com/andrzej-zygmuntowicz

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Sat, 04 Jun 2011 13:19:00 -0700 Jerzy Zbigniew http://wihajster.posterous.com/jerzy-zbigniew http://wihajster.posterous.com/jerzy-zbigniew

Jerzy was born in Lwów, a place which no longer exists. The pictures are from his apartment in Kraków.

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