Czarna Madonna is a photographic project realized within one year working closely with my subjects, to through their presence depict love’s harmful sides and fantastical aspects of family environment. Inspired by mysterious events of my grandmother’s childhood, I represent the duality
that family relationships have. Czarna Madonna deals with aspects of photographic performativity, loss and creativity, where documentary and fiction constantly overlap. The project examines the very simple division between good and bad, real and imaginary and the constant flow of those forces in life.
The project has been shown in a numerous group exhibitions and got shortlisted for a number of photography book awards including MACK’s First Book Award in London as well as Foto Book Festival in Kassel, Germany. Czarna Madonna was part of the Verzesca Photo festival in Valley Verzesca, Switzerland in 2017.
