Nowa Huta

The New Huta was built in the opposite to intellectual and anticommunist Cracow as a district for steel workers in 40's and early 50's last century. It was typical socialist realism architecture with its general planning area of living. Together with the Iron Curtains fell down the Lenin's Monuments standing in Central Market of New Huta but it didn't solve the problems of this district. The New Huta became a settlement of poverty, unemployment, frustrations and delinquency. Since few years this situation has started changing for better. Former communism district became a trendy and fashionable place. Also it is a very important and popular spot for a international tourists coming to Cracow and a centre of many cultural events. The pictures are portraits of few people who decided to create a new identity of New Huta and for whom living in New Huta is only a reason of proud. Portraits of people are put together with portraits of connected with them places in New Huta. Poland 2007.

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