Asia

Nr obiektu: 008-[004-KRASSMOND-[WKA-061027-001 copy]]

Title: Kid flying a kite

Typ obiektu: Gelatin silver print

Date: 2006

Autor: Witold Krassowski

Miejsce: Kabul, Afghanistan

Opis: Kid flying a kite in the settlement of the immigrants from the province that came to Kabul in search of jobs and security. The city population grew to three million. Chawk area, Kabul, Afghanistan

Źródło: Witold Krassowski Archive

Słowa kluczowe: childhood / documentary photography / Kabul / photojournalism / play

Nr obiektu: 009-[007-KRASSMOND-[WKA-061027-032]]

Title: Boys with kites

Typ obiektu: Gelatin silver print

Date: 2006

Autor: Witold Krassowski

Miejsce: Kabul, Afghanistan

Opis: A drug addict lies in the street while two boys indulge in kite flying, their favourite pastime.

Źródło: Witold Krassowski Archive

Słowa kluczowe: addiction / childhood / documentary photography / photojournalism / street

Nr obiektu: 010-[005-KRASSMOND-[WKA-050605-014 copy 2]]

Title: People in the street of Kabul

Typ obiektu: Gelatin silver print

Date: 1991

Autor: Witold Krassowski

Miejsce: Kabul, Afghanistan

Opis: Life in Kabul under Najibullah, 1991 People in the street.

Źródło: Witold Krassowski Archive

Słowa kluczowe: city / documentary photography / history / photojournalism / politics

Nr obiektu: 011-[008-KRASSMOND-[WKA-061027-004]]

Title: Football match in an empty pool

Typ obiektu: Gelatin silver print

Date: 2006

Autor: Witold Krassowski

Miejsce: Kabul, Afghanistan

Opis: A football match in an empty swimming pool on top of Bibi Mahru hill in Northern Kabul. The pool had been built by the Russians and, being on top of a hill, was never filled with water. During the Mujahideen rule it was a place of executions.

Źródło: Witold Krassowski Archive

Słowa kluczowe: architecture / documentary photography / leisure / photojournalism / sport

Nr obiektu: 012-[006-KRASSMOND-[WKA-061027-008 copy]].tif

Title: Boy working in a glass workshop

Typ obiektu: Gelatin silver print

Date: 2006

Autor: Witold Krassowski

Miejsce: Kabul, Afghanistan

Opis: A boy working in a glass-blowing workshop off Ka Farushi birds bazaar in Kabul.

Źródło: Witold Krassowski Archive

Słowa kluczowe: child labor / craft / documentary photography / Kabul / photojournalism

Nr obiektu: 030-[010-KRASSMOND-[WKA-180106-001B copy2]]

Title: Playing by the Ganges River

Typ obiektu: Gelatin silver print

Date: 1996

Autor: Witold Krassowski

Miejsce: Varanasi, India

Opis: A boy plays on the bank of the Ganges River, near Assi Ghat.

Źródło: Witold Krassowski Archive

Słowa kluczowe: childhood / documentary photography / Ganges / photojournalism / river

Nr obiektu: 031-[011-KRASSMOND-[WKA-180106-003]]

Title: A cobbler on Assi Road

Typ obiektu: Gelatin silver print

Date: 2000

Autor: Witold Krassowski

Miejsce: Varanasi, India

Opis: Life on the Assi Road, from Assi Crossing to Godowalia Chauraha. A cobbler works on the street.

Źródło: Witold Krassowski Archive

Słowa kluczowe: craft / documentary photography / photojournalism / street / work

Nr obiektu: 032-[044-KRASSMOND-[VARANASI 01 copy]]

Title: Milkmen training for wrestling

Typ obiektu: Gelatin silver print

Date: 1997

Autor: Witold Krassowski

Miejsce: Varanasi, India

Opis: Milkmen training for wrestling competition in an akhara near Tulsi Ghat. They follow centuries old tradition introduced by the poet-saint Tulsidas (16th century) who established himself in Varanasi.

Źródło: Witold Krassowski Archive

Słowa kluczowe: culture / documentary photography / photojournalism / sport / tradition

Nr obiektu: 033-[043-KRASSMOND-[MANIKARNIKA DREAM copy]]

Title: A pyrewood vendor at Manikarnika

Typ obiektu: Gelatin silver print

Date: 1997

Autor: Witold Krassowski

Miejsce: Varanasi, India

Opis: A pyrewood vendor resting at Manikarnika Ghat, where funeral pyres are lit. Manikarnika Ghat is the place of contact between the under-, this and upper- worlds. According to Hindu beliefs the world will continue to exist as long as the bodies are burned at Manikarnika.

Źródło: Witold Krassowski Archive

Słowa kluczowe: death / documentary photography / hinduism / photojournalism / religion

Nr obiektu: 034-[045-KRASSMOND-[VARANASI 09 copy]]

Title: An old man on the ghats

Typ obiektu: Gelatin silver print

Date: 2000

Autor: Witold Krassowski

Miejsce: Varanasi, India

Opis: An old man going home from the river, found a rag on the ghats and kept throwing it in the air with his stick

Źródło: Witold Krassowski Archive

Słowa kluczowe: daily life / documentary photography / old age / photojournalism / river

Nr obiektu: 035-[047-KRASSMOND-[VARANASI HORSE]]

Title: A street in the old Varanasi

Typ obiektu: Gelatin silver print

Date: 1997

Autor: Witold Krassowski

Miejsce: Varanasi, India

Opis: A street in the old part of Varanasi.

Źródło: Witold Krassowski Archive

Słowa kluczowe: architecture / city / documentary photography / photojournalism / street

Nr obiektu: 036-[046-KRASSMOND-[VARANASI 12 copy]]

Title: The Maharaja of Benares on a stroll

Typ obiektu: Gelatin silver print

Date: 1997

Autor: Witold Krassowski

Miejsce: Varanasi, India

Opis: The Maharaja of Benares, Vibhuti Narayan Singh, the last king of Benares (Kashi Naresh) leaves his quarters at Ramnagar Fort, going on a morning stroll. He uses a sabre as a walking stick. Ramanagar.

Źródło: Witold Krassowski Archive

Słowa kluczowe: aristocracy / documentary photography / history / photojournalism / portrait

Nr obiektu: 037-[003-KRASSMOND-[WKA-040829-002 copy]]

Title: Kids play during school break

Typ obiektu: Gelatin silver print

Date: 2004

Autor: Witold Krassowski

Miejsce: Bayanhongor, Mongolia

Opis: Kids play during break in local primary school, Bayankhongor, Mongolia. Forty five percent of the population is under the age of 15.

Źródło: Witold Krassowski Archive

Słowa kluczowe: childhood / documentary photography / education / photojournalism / school

Nr obiektu: 038-[012-KRASSMOND-[WKA-040829-011 copy]]

Title: Last day of school in Buutsagaan

Typ obiektu: Gelatin silver print

Date: 2004

Autor: Witold Krassowski

Miejsce: Buutsagaan, Mongolia

Opis: Last day of school in a small provincial sum town of Buutsagaan. Sum is the smallest administrative entity in Mongolia.

Źródło: Witold Krassowski Archive

Słowa kluczowe: community / documentary photography / photojournalism / province / school

Nr obiektu: 039-[013-KRASSMOND-[WKA-040829-027 copy]]

Title: Girls prepare for a meeting

Typ obiektu: Gelatin silver print

Date: 2004

Autor: Witold Krassowski

Miejsce: Mongolia

Opis: Girls prepare for a village meeting, in a small village in the nothern part of the country, to meet their candidate for MP, Lamjavyn Gündalai, later elected from Khövsgöl Province.

Źródło: Witold Krassowski Archive

Słowa kluczowe: documentary photography / photojournalism / politics / village / women

Nr obiektu: 040-[052-KRASSMOND-[WKA-040829-003 copy]]

Title: Mongolian massage in monastery

Typ obiektu: Gelatin silver print

Date: 2004

Autor: Witold Krassowski

Miejsce: Ulanbataar, Mongolia

Opis: Mongolian massage in the traditional medicine centre in Manba Datsan monastery.

Źródło: Witold Krassowski Archive

Słowa kluczowe: documentary photography / medicine / monastery / photojournalism / religion

Nr obiektu: 041-[054-KRASSMOND-[WKA-040829-008 copy]]

Title: Returning home on a city bus

Typ obiektu: Gelatin silver print

Date: 2004

Autor: Witold Krassowski

Miejsce: Ulanbataar, Mongolia

Opis: People go home to the suburban town of Nalaikh, from Ulanbataar, on a city bus.

Źródło: Witold Krassowski Archive

Słowa kluczowe: daily life / documentary photography / people / photojournalism / transport

Nr obiektu: 042-[053-KRASSMOND-[WKA-040829-006 copy]]

Title: A coal drift near Nalaikh

Typ obiektu: Gelatin silver print

Date: 2004

Autor: Witold Krassowski

Miejsce: Ulanbataar, Mongolia

Opis: A coal drift near the town of Nalaikh. After the collapse of the state own industry private companies extract coal from shallow pits using primitive machinery and providing work for local population.

Źródło: Witold Krassowski Archive

Słowa kluczowe: documentary photography / economy / industry / photojournalism / work

Nr obiektu: 043-[055-KRASSMOND-[WKA-040829-009 copy]]

Title: Water cure at Mineral Springs

Typ obiektu: Gelatin silver print

Date: 2004

Autor: Witold Krassowski

Miejsce: Khövsgöl Lake, Mongolia

Opis: People arrive for water cure at the Har Us (Black Water) Mineral Springs, (65km north of Hatgal, along the western shore of the Khövsgöl Lake), famous for medicinal properties. The spring water gushes from a single large rock, in many little streams, each marked which body part the water will heal.

Źródło: Witold Krassowski Archive

Słowa kluczowe: beliefs / documentary photography / health / nature / photojournalism

Nr obiektu: 044-[056-KRASSMOND-[WKA-040829-010 copy]]

Title: Electoral meeting of the leader

Typ obiektu: Gelatin silver print

Date: 2004

Autor: Witold Krassowski

Miejsce: Khövsgöl, Mongolia

Opis: Electoral meeting of the opposition leader, Lamjavyn Gündalai, with voters of his constituency, in the Northern part of the country, near the lake Khövsgöl, before the parliamentary elections in June 2004.

Źródło: Witolda Krassowski Archive

Słowa kluczowe: assembly / democracy / documentary photography / photojournalism / politics

Nr obiektu: 045-[057-KRASSMOND-[WKA-040829-014 copy]]

Title: A dust storm in Ulaanbaatar

Typ obiektu: Gelatin silver print

Date: 2004

Autor: Witold Krassowski

Miejsce: Ulanbataar, Mongolia

Opis: A dust storm near Gandan Monastery in Ulaanbaatar. People enter with a child for a consultation with a traditional medicine practitioner.

Źródło: Witold Krassowski Archive

Słowa kluczowe: city / documentary photography / medicine / photojournalism / weather

Nr obiektu: 046-[058-KRASSMOND-[WKA-040829-024 copy]]

Title: A caravane of yaks moving

Typ obiektu: Gelatin silver print

Date: 2004

Autor: Witold Krassowski

Miejsce: Mongolia

Opis: A caravane of yaks moving the yourta to other location for better pasture. Traditional nomadic life involved changing pastures up to four times a year. Today richer people use tractors.

Źródło: Witold Krassowski Archive

Słowa kluczowe: animals / documentary photography / nomads / photojournalism / tradition

Nr obiektu: 047-[060-KRASSMOND-[WKA-050605-006 2 copy]]

Title: A movie team filming in Kabul

Typ obiektu: Gelatin silver print

Date: 1991

Autor: Witold Krassowski

Miejsce: Kabul, Afghanistan

Opis: Life in Kabul under Najibullah. Pastime: watching a Hindu movie team filming in the street.

Źródło: Witold Krassowski Archive

Słowa kluczowe: cinema / city / documentary photography / entertainment / photojournalism

Nr obiektu: 048-[061-KRASSMOND-[WKA-050605-018 copy]]

Title: Cooling a fighting cock

Typ obiektu: Gelatin silver print

Date: 1991

Autor: Witold Krassowski

Miejsce: Kabul, Afghanistan

Opis: Life in Kabul under Najibullah. Cooling a fighting cock with a spray of water, Babur Gardens.

Źródło: Witold Krassowski Archive

Słowa kluczowe: birds / documentary photography / garden / photojournalism / tradition

Nr obiektu: 049-[062-KRASSMOND-[WKA-050605-024]]

Title: Row of shops in containers

Typ obiektu: Gelatin silver print

Date: 1991

Autor: Witold Krassowski

Miejsce: Kabul, Afghanistan

Opis: Life in Kabul under Najibullah. Row of shops in containers, soldiers on top.

Źródło: Witold Krassowski Archive

Słowa kluczowe: crisis / documentary photography / military / photojournalism / trade

Nr obiektu: 050-[063-KRASSMOND-[WKA-061027-005 CORR]]

Title: Blacksmith and a boy in Borak

Typ obiektu: Gelatin silver print

Date: 2006

Autor: Witold Krassowski

Miejsce: Borak, Afghanistan

Opis: A local blacksmith heats up a sickle with the help of a boy (middle) pumping air into the furnace, in his workshop in the city of Borak, near Faizabad, Badakhshan province.

Źródło: Witold Krassowski Archive

Słowa kluczowe: boy / craft / documentary photography / photojournalism / work

Nr obiektu: 051-[064-KRASSMOND-[WKA-061027-009 COPY]]

Title: A boy in a tea house

Typ obiektu: Gelatin silver print

Date: 2006

Autor: Witold Krassowski

Miejsce: Afghanistan

Opis: A hunchbacked boy in a tea house (chaikhana) in Kalafgan, on the main road to Faizabad.

Źródło: Witold Krassowski Archive

Słowa kluczowe: childhood / daily life / documentary photography / photojournalism / tea

Nr obiektu: 052-[068-KRASSMOND-[WKA-061027-018 copy]]

Title: A loom and weaver in factory

Typ obiektu: Gelatin silver print

Date: 2006

Autor: Witold Krassowski

Miejsce: Kabul, Afghanistan

Opis: A scene with the loom and weaver in a private carpet factory in Deh Dana Southern part of Kabul

Źródło: Witold Krassowski Archive

Słowa kluczowe: carpets / craft / documentary photography / photojournalism / work

Nr obiektu: 053-[067-KRASSMOND-[WKA-061027-022 COPY]]

Title: Inmates contest in prison

Typ obiektu: Gelatin silver print

Date: 2006

Autor: Witold Krassowski

Miejsce: Argo, Afghanistan

Opis: The inmates in in a provincial prison in Argo region, near Faizabad, Badakshan exercise daily by organising a contest to knock down a woolen hat using feet only. The hat is first hanged on a nail in the prison wall, some 3 metres high and all the inmates try their luck and technique in turn. Two men in the back are peeping outside, possibly to see if they can spot their relatives bringing food. All people pictured are murderers.

Źródło: Witold Krassowski Archive

Słowa kluczowe: crime / documentary photography / photojournalism / prison / sport

Nr obiektu: 054-[065-KRASSMOND-[WKA-050605-023 copy2]]

Title: Military outpost off Jalalabad

Typ obiektu: Gelatin silver print

Date: 1991

Autor: Witold Krassowski

Miejsce: Afghanistan

Opis: Life in Kabul under Najibullah, 1991 Military outpost off Jalalabad.

Źródło: Witold Krassowski Archive

Słowa kluczowe: documentary photography / landscape / military / photojournalism / war

Nr obiektu: 055-[066-KRASSMOND-[WKA-061027-015 COPY]]

Title: Occupation: scarecrow

Typ obiektu: Gelatin silver print

Date: 2006

Autor: Witold Krassowski

Miejsce: Afghanistan

Opis: An abandoned soviet tank from the Afghan-Soviet war is used by a local handicapped one-legged man hired by the local community as a human scarecrow. Standing on the tank's turret he cracks a whip to scare small birds away form the rice field near the road from Kabul to Kunduz.

Źródło: Witold Krassowski Archive

Słowa kluczowe: agriculture / disability / documentary photography / photojournalism / war

Nr obiektu: 056-[072-KRASSMOND-[WKA-061027-030]]

Title: Refugee settlement in Kabul

Typ obiektu: Gelatin silver print

Date: 2006

Autor: Witold Krassowski

Miejsce: Kabul, Afghanistan

Opis: Two men and a child in the settlement of the immigrants from the province that came to Kabul in search of jobs and security. The city population grew to three million. Chawk area, Kabul.

Źródło: Witold Krassowski Archive

Słowa kluczowe: city / documentary photography / photojournalism / poverty / refugees

Nr obiektu: 057-[069-KRASSMOND-[WKA-160402-004]]

Title: Greeting a passing friend

Typ obiektu: Gelatin silver print

Date: 2006

Autor: Witold Krassowski

Miejsce: Kabul, Afghanistan

Opis: Greeting a passing friend.

Źródło: Witold Krassowski Archive

Słowa kluczowe: documentary photography / friendship / gesture / photojournalism / street

Nr obiektu: 058-[073-KRASSMOND-[WKA-061027-033]]

Title: A tea house in Taloqan

Typ obiektu: Gelatin silver print

Date: 2006

Autor: Witold Krassowski

Miejsce: Afghanistan

Opis: A tea house in Taloqan.

Źródło: Witold Krassowski Archive

Słowa kluczowe: culture / documentary photography / kultura / men / photojournalism / rest

Nr obiektu: 059-[070-KRASSMOND-[ISTAMBUL CROP]]

Title: Truck drivers' cafeteria

Typ obiektu: Gelatin silver print

Date: 2004

Autor: Witold Krassowski

Miejsce: Istanbul, Turkey

Opis: Cafeteria for truck drivers waiting for their tanker trucks to be filled.

Źródło: Witold Krassowski Archive

Słowa kluczowe: documentary photography / photojournalism / street / transport / work

Nr obiektu: 062-[075-KRASSMOND-[WKA-070130-001 copy]]

Title: Loading a ship at Dhaka Port

Typ obiektu: Gelatin silver print

Date: 2007

Autor: Witold Krassowski

Miejsce: Dhaka, Bangladesh

Opis: Loading a ship at Dhaka River Port on Buriganga.

Źródło: Witold Krassowski Archive

Słowa kluczowe: documentary photography / photojournalism / river / transport / work

Nr obiektu: 063-[076-KRASSMOND-[WKA-070130-002]]

Title: Stevedores in the river port

Typ obiektu: Gelatin silver print

Date: 2007

Autor: Witold Krassowski

Miejsce: Dhaka, Bangladesh

Opis: Stevedores gather goods to load on a ship at Dhaka River Port on Buriganga. Dhaka, 2007

Źródło: Witold Krassowski Archive

Słowa kluczowe: documentary photography / photojournalism / river / trade / work

Nr obiektu: 064-[077-KRASSMOND-[WKA-070130-008 copy]]

Title: A barber trims a child's hair

Typ obiektu: Gelatin silver print

Date: 2007

Autor: Witold Krassowski

Miejsce: Dhaka, Bangladesh

Opis: A man sings while a barber trims a child's hair. Laundry hangs in the background. Buriganga Bank.

Źródło: Witold Krassowski Archive

Słowa kluczowe: daily life / documentary photography / hygiene / photojournalism / river

Nr obiektu: 077-[049-KRASSMOND-[WKA-020802-001 copy2] copy]

Title: Cartier advertisement in Ginza

Typ obiektu: Gelatin silver print

Date: 2002

Autor: Witold Krassowski

Miejsce: Tokyo, Japan

Opis: Cartier advertisement in a street in Ginza district.

Źródło: Witold Krassowski Archive

Słowa kluczowe: capitalism / documentary photography / photojournalism / street / trade

Nr obiektu: 078-[050-KRASSMOND-[WKA-020802-003 copy2]]

Title: Police asking a homeless to dress

Typ obiektu: Gelatin silver print

Date: 2002

Autor: Witold Krassowski

Miejsce: Tokyo, Japan

Opis: Police asking kindly a homeless to dress, near Shinjuku station, Tokyo.

Źródło: Witold Krassowski Archive

Słowa kluczowe: city / documentary photography / homelessness / law / photojournalism

Nr obiektu: 084-[096-KRASSMOND-[WKA-920501-007]]

Title: An old man with a dog

Typ obiektu: Gelatin silver print

Date: 1992

Autor: Witold Krassowski

Miejsce: Tel Aviv, Israel

Opis: An old man with a dog near a bus station.

Źródło: Witold Krassowski Archive

Słowa kluczowe: city / documentary photography / dog / old age / photojournalism

Nr obiektu: 087-[100-KRASSMOND-[WKA-050605-022 copy]]

Title: A table set for a conference

Typ obiektu: Gelatin silver print

Date: 1991

Autor: Witold Krassowski

Miejsce: Kabul, Afghanistan

Opis: Life in Kabul under Najibullah, A table set for a press conference outside Kabul.

Źródło: Witold Krassowski Archive

Słowa kluczowe: documentary photography / media / photojournalism / politics / table

Nr obiektu: 088-[102-KRASSMOND-[TOKYO TEMPLE CEREMONY COPY copy]]

Title: A monk ordains his son

Typ obiektu: Gelatin silver print

Date: 2002

Autor: Witold Krassowski

Miejsce: Seidai, Japan

Opis: A Buddhist monk ordaining his son at a local temple on a small island a 20-minute ferry ride from Sendai. The ceremony was attended by guests dressed in magnificent, ceremonial silk robes.

Źródło: Witold Krassowski Archive

Słowa kluczowe: documentary photography / famil / photojournalism / religion / tradition

Nr obiektu: 091-[106-KRASSMOND-[VARANASI 10 copy]]

Title: Devouts have their heads shaved

Typ obiektu: Gelatin silver print

Date: 2000

Autor: Witold Krassowski

Miejsce: Varanasi, India

Opis: Devouts have their heads shaved as a symbol of godliness, Assi Ghat.

Źródło: Witold Krassowski Archive

Słowa kluczowe: documentary photography / hinduism / photojournalism / religion / ritual

Nr obiektu: 092-[107-KRASSMOND-[VARANASI 02 copy 2]]

Title: Kali puja in a private house

Typ obiektu: Gelatin silver print

Date: 1996

Autor: Witold Krassowski

Miejsce: Varanasi, India

Opis: Kali puja in a private house on the 40th day of death, in the Bengali part of town, off Godaulia Lanka Road.

Źródło: Witold Krassowski Archive

Słowa kluczowe: death / documentary photography / photojournalism / religion / tradition

Nr obiektu: 093-[108-KRASSMOND-[WKA-180106-004 copy2]]

Title: Women burn camphor in offering

Typ obiektu: Gelatin silver print

Date: 2000

Autor: Witold Krassowski

Miejsce: Varanasi, India

Opis: After a traditional morning bath in the holy waters of Ganges, women burn camphor in offering to the river-god. Near Assi Ghat.

Źródło: Witold Krassowski Archive

Słowa kluczowe: documentary photography / faith / photojournalism / river / woman

Nr obiektu: 094-[095-KRASSMOND-[WKA-180106-002]]

Title: A house for the dying

Typ obiektu: Gelatin silver print

Date: 1996

Autor: Witold Krassowski

Miejsce: Varanasi, India

Opis: A woman dying in a house for the dying (moksha bhavan) run by the city. By dying in Varanasi, as close as possible to Manikarnika ghat, Hindu escape the eternal reincarnation and pass directly to nirvana. An average stay in the house is under three weeks.

Źródło: Witold Krassowski Archive

Słowa kluczowe: death / documentary photography / hinduism / nirvana / photojournalism

Nr obiektu: 095-[109-KRASSMOND-[VARANASI 11 copy]]

Title: Full moon rituals (purnima)

Typ obiektu: Gelatin silver print

Date: 1997

Autor: Witold Krassowski

Miejsce: Varanasi, India

Opis: Full moon rituals (purnima puja) performed at Assi Ghat.

Źródło: Witold Krassowski Archive

Słowa kluczowe: documentary photography / mysticism / night / photojournalism / ritual

Nr obiektu: 096-[110-KRASSMOND-[GANGA LIGHTS copy]]

Title: Lights on the River Ganga

Typ obiektu: Gelatin silver print

Date: 1997

Autor: Witold Krassowski

Miejsce: Varanasi, India

Opis: Lights being put on the River Ganga to help the souls of ancestors to find way home.

Źródło: Witold Krassowski Archive

Słowa kluczowe: documentary photography / memory / photojournalism / river / spirituality

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