Poland:

Dancing with Signs

I was only in Warsaw for a few days. I visited a retrospective on Gordon Parks which consisted of massive prints, but few originals. I bought a book of Magritte's photographs and a monograph on Weegee. The streets for filled with surprises. The food was great. The people friendly. I discovered Bruno Schultz and read Borowski's This Way To The Gas Chambers, Ladies and Gentleman.

Sequence Highlights

“Was he happy? One would ask that question in vain. A question like this makes sense only when applied to creatures who are rich in alternative possibilities, so that the actual truth can be contrasted with partly real probabilities and reflect itself in them.”

The Street of Crocodiles


Bruno Schulz