Wondering what Warsaw looked like in the second half of the 1940s? How did photojournalists capture the city's reconstruction? Find the answers during the curator-led tour of the exhibition "Warsaw Reborn. Reportage Photography 1945–1949," led by Katarzyna Madoń-Mitzner. The authors of the photographs are photojournalists - Jerzy Baranowski, Stanisław Dąbrowiecki, Wojciech Kondracki, Jan Tymiński, Stanisław Urbanowicz, Zdzisław Wdowiński - as well as cinematographers Wiktor Janik and Karol Szczeciński. Anna Maria Brzezińska – photographer, photo editor, exhibition curator, jury member of photography contests, and author of photography books. In 2004, she was the head of the photography department at "Rzeczpospolita." Previously, she worked as a photojournalist for "Tygodnik Solidarność" and collaborated with Agence France Presse. Her photographs have been published in "Tygodnik Solidarność," "Rzeczpospolita," "The New York Times," "The Daily Telegraph," "The Guardian," "The Independent," "Herald Tribune," "Liberation," "La Croix," "Asahi Shimbun." From 2006 to 2017, she was the director and editor-in-chief of the PAP Photography Editorial Office, and from 2017 to 2022, the chief photo editor at DSH. She is the author of publications and photographic exhibitions related to 20th-century Polish and Warsaw history, including "Another Poland," "60 Years Ago in Warsaw," "Reborn. Warsaw Residents 1945–1949," "Recovered. Photojournalism from Warsaw 1918–1939" – jointly with Katarzyna Madoń-Mitzner; "Posed, Observed. Photographs by Wojciech Plewiński" – jointly with Katarzyna Sagatowska. Katarzyna Madoń-Mitzner – editor, documentalist, exhibition curator. She co-founded the KARTA Center (OK) and the History Meeting House (DSH). From January 1982 to 2006, she worked in the editorial office of the "Karta" magazine. She led the Oral History program at OK and later the Oral History Archive at DSH and OK, initiated numerous documentation and popularization projects, and participated in them. She is the author of publications and photographic exhibitions related to 20th-century Polish and Warsaw history, including "Another Poland," "60 Years Ago in Warsaw," "Reborn. Warsaw Residents 1945–1949," "Recovered. Photojournalism from Warsaw 1918–1939" – jointly with Anna Brzezińska; "Four Seasons of Gierek," "The World of Sławny," "Dream of Warsaw," "Siemaszko. Photographer of Warsaw," "Photojournalism ITD 1960–1990" – with Krzysztof Wójcik; "Spring, Summer, War – Warsaw 1939" – jointly with Monika Kapa-Cichocka and Ryszard Mączewski; "Maria Piechotkowa – One Hundred Years." A local patriot of Warsaw's Bielany district. 📅 Curator-led tour schedule in 2025: - 05.10 (Sunday), 1:00 PM - 12.10 (Sunday), 2:00 PM - 16.11 (Sunday), 1:00 PM - 14.12 (Sunday), 1:00 PM 🌐 Exhibition: https://dsh.waw.pl/budujemy-nowy-dom-warszawa-na-nowo Project partners include the Grand Theatre - National Opera, Polish Press Agency, and Dzieje.pl. Photo: PAP/Karol Szczeciński, Warsaw, 1945. The photo was taken from the still-existing tenement house at Grażyny Street 3 through a gap in the gable wall. In the foreground, Puławska Street and buildings near the current Morskie Oko park are visible.
