NEW EUROPE

"New Europe" photo-story shows the memory layers. Presents traces which the former system left behind in landscapes and mentality after the World War II

CHORZÓW DREAM - TOMASZ WIECH/GAZETA WYBORCZA

Entertainment park in Chorzow was planned to be a place of relaxation for the inhabitants of nearby towns.

THE WARSAW UPRISING - ADAM LACH / NEWSWEEK

The staging of the Warsaw Uprising, one of the most dramatic moments in Polish history.

INTENDED CONSEQUENCES - JONATHAN TORGOVNIK / MEDIASTORM

During the 1994 genocide, Rwandan women were subjected to massive sexual violence

DISAPEARING CIRCUS - RAFAŁ MILACH

Circus used to be one of the most popular mass entertainments of communist time in Poland.

LAST MINUTE & ALL INCLUSIVE - PRZEMEK KRZAKIEWICZ/VISAVIS.PL

Dream holiday in Africa are each year more and more attractive

BLACK MARKET - PATRICK BROWN / MEDIASTORM

The wildlife trade is the third largest illegal trade in the world. Every year up to 30,000 primates, 2 to 5 million birds and 10 million reptile skins are traded.

BLOODLINE: AIDS and Family - KRISTEN ASHBURN/MEDIASTORM

The AIDS pandemic continues to devastate sub-Saharan Africa. Two million people died from the disease in 2005 alone.

AT THE BORDER - SPUTNIK PHOTOS

At the Border is a photo essay that describes the illegal labor markets in the new member states of the European Union

Vistula River Boulevards - BOGDAN KRĘŻEL/VISAVIS.PL

"Runs Vistula, runs..." and its rush is calming down and aura is conducive to relax.

KILI - WARRIORS AT THE ROOF OF AFRICA - ADAM GOLEC / GAZETA WYBORCZA

Expedition of disabled people to the Africa's highest mountain - Kilimanjaro

ROZBRAT

Fotokast by Filip Springer/visavis.pl about the oldest squat in Poland, which is endangered by liquidation.

LAST BREATH OF BOXING - ADAM LACH / NEWSWEEK

Financial problems of the sport club Gwardia Warszawa may entail the end of its best known section - boxing.

CHECHNYA - MARIUSZ FORECKI/TAMTAM

On 19. January 1995 Russian forces seized the presidential palace in Grozny and its Chechen defenders had to evacuate.

LOVEGANISTAN - KUBA DĄBROWSKI/PRZEKRÓJ

Forced marriages, escapes, prostitution, suicides - in Afghanistan all that are still common issues. Love is there understand in a totally different way.

POLISH SUMO - KATARZYNA SAGATOWSKA

"Polish sumo" is a subjective vision of the nature and sense of this sport.

WHEELCHAIR RUGBY - ANDRZEJ MARCZUK/TAMTAM

Rugby match. Unusual match, because the competitors are on the wheelchairs.

THE MINERS - AGA ŁUCZAKOWSKA

On 17 December 2007 in coal mine Budryk in Ornontowice/Poland a protest was organised.

HOME - PRZEMEK KRZAKIEWICZ/VISAVIS.PL

Caring and Educative Centre in Źmiąca next to Limanowa/Poland provides protection and attention to children that for many reasons couldn't stay with their biological parents.

KINGSLEY'S CROSSING - OLIVIER JOBARD/MEDIASTORM

Kingsley is a 23-year-old lifeguard from the West African coastal town of Limbe, Cameroon.

CASA AIRPLANE CRASH - GRZEGORZ DEMBIŃSKI/TAMTAM

On 23. January 2008 in a CASA military airplane crash died 20 officers of Polish Army Air Forces.

PREPARED FOR ANYTHING - KUBA DĄBROWSKI/PRZEKRÓJ

Dog fights are one of the most popular entertainments in Kabul.

POLES IN LONDON - BARTEK SOLIK/VISAVIS.PL

Polish emigrants often say - "it is not so bad to be abroad"

802% ABOVE THE NORM - FASHION

Butterfly-winged sunglasses, pea pattern and stripes on skirts and ties

802% ABOVE THE NORM - MOTORIZATION - WIKTOR PENTAL I HENRYK MAKAREWICZ/VISAVIS.PL

All-Poland Women’s Motorcycle Rally in Nowa Huta

THE HALL/VISAVIS.PL

On 28.01.2006 the roof of The Trade Hall in Katowice

THE CLINIC - KATARZYNA MIRCZAK/VISAVIS.PL

The house of community "Barka" has been established for people by people.

RAPE OF A NATION - MARCUS BLEASDALE / VII / MEDIASTORM

The Democratic Republic of Congo is home to the deadliest war in the world today. An estimated 5.4 million people have died since 1998. Most deaths are due to easily preventable and curable conditions

CZECH STUNTMEN - TOMASZ GOTFRYD/VISAVIS.PL

How strong and powerful family tradition may be? And at the same time really extreme!