Portrait of Poland in the early 1980s by photographer Bruno Barbie

At the dawn of the 80s of the last century, one of the photographers of the legendary Magnum photo agency, Bruno Barbie, set off to travel around Poland to document the everyday life of the people. 40,000 km and 8 months of travel gave us an interesting collection of photographs about the atmosphere prevailing in Polish villages and towns, how they lived, what the Poles were sad about and rejoiced over 30 years ago.

Plowing a field against the background of steel mills in the industrial area of ​​Nova Huta, near Krakow, 1981.

Children go to church for the first communion. Near Krosno, 1981.

Order of Marienburg on the Nogat River, 1981.

Krakow, 1981.

Kalwaria Zebrzydowska, 1981.

Propaganda of Soviet-Polish friendship. The city of Katowice.

The funeral of an officer at the Krakow military cemetery, 1981.

Sopot, 1981.

Masuria, 1981.

Kashubsky Lake District, 1981. A favorite vacation spot for residents of the cities of Gdansk, Sopot and Gdynia.

Wedding, Sandomierz, 1981.

Peasants head to the market in Nowy Targ, 1976.

Folk painting recalls the horrors of the Nazi occupation. The village of Kamenitsa, 1981.

The village of Paczim, near the town of Nowy Sacz, famous for woodcarving on religious themes, 1981.

Zalipie village, famous for its painted houses, 1976.

Village Zalipye, 1976.

The village of Kamenna, near Kielce, 1981.

Kalwaria Zebrzydowska, 1981.

Silesian miner, 1981.

Newlyweds on the feast of the Blessed Virgin Mary. Kalwaria Zebrzydowska, 1981.

Cardinal goes to the village to participate in the first communion. Near the city of Zakopane, 1976.

Watch the video: Bruno Barbey (May 2024).