An Interview with Urban Photographer Dorota Pankonin
An Interview with Urban Photographer Dorota Pankonin
Photography has always accompanied me though definitely to a lesser extent. Initially it was photos from trips, and for the past few years I have had my camera practically always with me. Whether it’s a walk, a meeting or on the way to/from work. Showing the city through my eyes has allowed me to rediscover it and look at it from a different perspective.
I don’t do shoots professionally, yes I sometimes come up with a frame in my head and then try to realize it, but they are still typical urban shots, without setup and often by chance. It is simply a desire to capture the “life of the city”, how it develops and changes.
I don’t interfere heavily with the photos, I don’t remove objects that theoretically don’t fit or get in the way. I leave the city as it is. The processing for me is primarily to give the right atmosphere – the one that prevailed or the one that just happened to accompany me.
I love Warsaw for the way it changes and for the fact that it “never sleeps.” I love the skyscrapers that reflect the sun’s rays during the day, while at night the lights from the offices illuminate the Warsaw skyline. For the old tenements. For the contrasts. For the beaches along the Vistula River and the boulevards. In this city, there is something for everyone.
I rather don’t have any such, the biggest difficulty is probably the weather, but it too can often be used creatively.
For more of Dorota’s work visit her instagram:
