DEGLET NOUR

What do we know about Algeria? What do we associate it with? For many of us, Algeria is a mystery, a land known from the books of Albert Camus. We We also associate it with dramatic news in the media. But for some, Algeria is also a memory of youth, of first friendships and love, a lost place — in a sense — but thanks to him — also dreamed. It is the vision of Algeria that Tytus Grodzicki proposes in his first book. In Deglet Nour, There is no point in looking for photographs that you know from current events; it is not There is no point in looking for photographs illustrating the pain and suffering, despair and misery. Even though you can see it, it's just somewhere in the background. Instead, we will be able to discover the secret, observe the life of local populations and observe their activities daily. And then we will discover that we are not at all so different from them. We have the same dreams, the same worries and the same joys. This is Algeria, which Tytus Grodzicki remembered when he lived there more than 30 years ago. It is also Algeria, which we will see in his photographs taken after his return to the place where he spent part of his childhood.