Joanna Wzorek is a London based photographer. Simultaneously working across the UK and her motherland, Wzorek’s work is a celebration of her Polish heritage, distilling art, politics, history and culture into bold, abstract compositions.
About Summer, Farewell – words by Joanna Wzorek:
The project is an homage to my motherland which has always had a big influence on my practice. No matter how hard I try to distance myself from it, it always comes back to me.
With this series I tried to answer the feelings I had through out the pandemic and first lockdowns when travelling was banned. I was stuck in London and it was then when I decided to create a body of work that would be seen as a sort of post card from Poland.
When the restrictions were lifted I spent summer travelling through my country and photographed the countryside. The outcome is a very distorted, romanticised version of my motherland based on my childhood memories from summertime spent in Poland.
