JAN BRYKCZYŃSKI, 28, a freelance photographer based in Warsaw, Poland. He regularly contributes to Polish magazines: Polityka, Przekrój, and to Polish editions of Newsweek and National Geographic. He has also been published in international periodicals, such as The Chicago Tribune and Famille Chretienne. Jan is interested in the process of social transformations that Eastern Europe has been experiencing, and his work focuses on issues of youth and immigration in the region. He is distributed worldwide by Anzenberger Agency.
A Ukrainian village Karpatskye is situated 10 km from the Polish border. From the nearest peak, one can see Bieszczady,
a popular Polish mountain area. Karpatskye is an isolated place, as are many other villages along the new EU borders. However, the lives of young people in the village, where not much has changed since the communist times, do not seem to be affected by the village’s proximity to the European Union.
© Jan Brykczyński 2006
www.janbrykczynski.com
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