Green and White

For many years, the northeastern corner of Warsaw, commonly known as Zielona Białołęka (literally meaning "green white meadow"), has been the city's fastest-growing area, with new residential developments gradually erasing its agricultural roots.

At one point in my life, this remote part of the city became my home. Over the years, I have walked and cycled dozens of kilometers through it, challenging myself to become a tourist in my own neighborhood.

Inspired by William Eggleston's democratic approach to photography and driven by a curiosity about the human-altered landscape, I photograph traces of human activity while exploring the relationships between humans and nature, the past and the present, the "civilized" and the wild. The work reflects on the tensions embedded in suburban growth and raises questions about how we inhabit and transform our environment in today's fast-moving capitalist world.