Nicolette at the orphanage
22 December 2013
Nicolette sits in a meeting room at the orphanage where she now
lives in Warsaw, Poland. In October 2013 she and her four older
brothers were removed from their home. Her mother was expected to spend
few months in prison for stealing electricity, and her father was not
considered fit to take care for his children on his own. Her parents are
allowed to visit three times a week. Nationality:
Poland
Maciek Nabrdalik is a graduate of Warsaw University of
Technology. He gave up Computer Science for his greatest passion,
photography, which he took up professionally in 2001. Nabrdalik began
working in the U.S., shooting for local newspapers, and worked as an
assistant at photo shoots for world-acclaimed fashion magazines.
In 2003, he was hired by a major Polish daily as a staff photographer covering national and international news.
In 2007, Nabrdalik won Picture of the Year in Poland and, shortly after he began working as a freelancer. In 2008, he joined the VII Mentor Program, between 2010-2011 he was a part of VII Network and since 2011 he is a member of VII Photo.
Although Nabrdalik often works in Europe, the U.S. and Asia, his main concentration is on sociological changes in Eastern Europe. Nabrdalik is based in Warsaw, Poland and his stories have been published by Smithsonian Magazine, L'Espresso, Newsweek, Polityka and The Wall Street Journal among others.
In 2003, he was hired by a major Polish daily as a staff photographer covering national and international news.
In 2007, Nabrdalik won Picture of the Year in Poland and, shortly after he began working as a freelancer. In 2008, he joined the VII Mentor Program, between 2010-2011 he was a part of VII Network and since 2011 he is a member of VII Photo.
Although Nabrdalik often works in Europe, the U.S. and Asia, his main concentration is on sociological changes in Eastern Europe. Nabrdalik is based in Warsaw, Poland and his stories have been published by Smithsonian Magazine, L'Espresso, Newsweek, Polityka and The Wall Street Journal among others.
In 2012 he was awarded with a grant from Polish Ministry
of Culture and National Heritage to continue his project on Nazi camps
survivors worldwide.
Same year Nabrdalik won the 2012 edition of the Pierre & Alexandra Boulat Grant to produce the work called Econimic Migrations.
Same year Nabrdalik won the 2012 edition of the Pierre & Alexandra Boulat Grant to produce the work called Econimic Migrations.
