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I don't think I lead a typical life being a gay photographer in Poland.

I started taking pictures at a young age.

After high school I was doing many different jobs to find out what I want

to do in life.

And photography is the one and only thing that I didn't give up on.

during the process.

Me and my parents, we have contact, but we... I don't know.

I never came out officially.

I just brought my first boyfriend home and told my mom he's staying over and

she was fine with it.

So for a long time, until I was a young adult, I was just freely living my

happy gay life.

Being openly gay in Poland can be frustrating.

The first time I experienced struggles with my sexuality was after I graduated.

Once I took a cab with my friend coming back from a concert and the driver

suddenly stopped and called us faggots and threw us out from the car.

This and other worse things are happening to people in smaller cities on

daily basis.

For a long time I was going with conventions, not even realizing.

creating this person to be safe and to have my safe space.

And recently I'm just reopening, meeting new people who show me different

approaches to life.

I have a group of friends that I treat as my chosen family.

We can share experiences, struggles and victories.

I think it's very important to have the close ones that you can rely on.

I'm interested in nudity and intimacy in a true and honest way.

It's a way of discovering myself. That's why I only take pictures of queer

people.

first nude pictures I was taking with my closest friends.

With that I learned how to communicate with people and how to make them open up

in front of me.

The perfect scenario is to create an atmosphere where we completely lose the

feeling of time and space and we're just inside the process.

I hope with my photography I help people to be brave and to live an

honest and true life.