This family contacted us after seeing the poster somewhere in Baluty. So we got the address, made an appointment and Gosia and I went there...
See the video made from this visit.
From the family we only met Lucas who was "alone with the cats". Afterwards we met also Ada (14). She came from school later.
The other family-members where at work and we will meet next time.
Lucas started more or less immediate a very lively discussion. His point was: Why do you want to make "a portrait" of ordinary people. He could understand that somebody should be interested in extremes like 'grazy artists' or people living on the edge... But why people who are like everybody and making a project about something everybody already knows?....
I explained that in my vision nobody is like everybody. For me every individual is in one way or another very special and unique... Everybody, and also every family, has his own unique stories to tell.
In short: Nobody is the same. And the real surprises are to be found in "ordinary life".
And.... I think, we humans, are condemned to endless curiosity for other human beings. Who are they? How do they live? Which choices did they make in life? Why?
People also love storytelling. We are consumers of stories. This goes from gossiping, soaps on television to literature and film. And I feel very good to be a photographer storyteller...
Very nice to start our visit with this philosophical conversation!
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