Wojtek Kutyła "Here, There, Nowhere"
Leaving the place I come from, I have become a forever stranger. I live between memories and reality that takes me by surprise every day. Nowhere feels like home.
Showcasing the graduates of the Sputnik Photos Mentoring Programme 2023/2024. More photos are on display at the exhibition in
Warsaw, which opened on 26 April 2025.
In her book Lost in Translation, Ewa Hoffman wrote: ‘The soul can shrivel from an excess of critical distance, and if I don't want to remain in arid internal exile for the rest of my life, I have to find a way to lose alienation without losing myself. But how does one bend toward another culture without falling over, how does one strike an elastic balance between rigidity and self-effacement?’
By putting on the mask of a strange creature, I disappear. I can be myself and yet stand out. Though visible, I am ignored by most people. I give the camera to others to see myself in the mirror.
