The Long-lasting Transition State by Wojciech Karliński
The Long-lasting Transition State are photographs that were created out of the need to record the "sign" of temporality that appears during my travels.
Otmuchów, march 2021. An elderly woman, who is standing back, came here from Nysa to vaccinate against Covid-19, she received such a referral. She is terrified. He doesn't know how and when he'll come back. From the information about departures at the stop, nothing comes to her. Because of pandemic moust of the busses were cancel.
The Long-lasting Transition State are photographs that were created out of the need to record the “sign” of temporality that appears during my travels.
All photos, taken in 100 places in Poland, in one year. However, there will be no “big six” cities here. The choice of places outside large agglomerations was dictated by the fact that this is the only way to show how people with a low social status travel. Province where I traveled only by public transport, shows how people who do not own cars and live in small towns move from place to place and how difficult it can be. The spaces that appear in the photos are stations, shelters, bus stops and inconspicuous places, sometimes not noticed in the tissue, departure points for buses. The time of the pandemic additionally changed their status. Some of them have been excluded from public use, forgotten due to a significant reduction in the number of courses, or their status has been changed. Deafly closed, they did not return to their original usefulness for a moment or a few weeks. Some new or renewed ones become only shells of the original function assigned to them.
Aleksandrów Kujawski, Train station. February 2021. It was important border train station between Russian Empire and Germany until the outbreak of I World War. Today a provincial railway station. In constant renovation since 2008.
Aleksandrów Kujawski.The waiting room at the train station, not usefull because open only until 4 p.m, even its -20 C outside.
Grudziądz, train station. February 2021.The train station was shrill cold. It was planned to demolish but now it is on the list of monuments.
Krapkowice, The bus station. March 2021. The waiting room was closed. I couldn’t get out of here, because three buses that were on the timetable did not arrive.It was could march, due to the pandemic, all catering establishments were closed, there was nowhere to hide. When I left here it was already dark.
Głubczyce, march 2021. The bus station in Głubczyce is bigconcrete shed. Its completely dark inside.The wall lights have a motion sensor and will only turn on when travelers arrive.
Prudnik, march 2021. The bus station in Prudnik looks likne nothing hange from 80 in XX century.
Otmuchów, march 2021. An elderly woman, who is standing back, came here from Nysa to vaccinate against Covid-19, she received such a referral. She is terrified. He doesn’t know how and when he’ll come back. From the information about departures at the stop, nothing comes to her. Because of pandemic moust of the busses were cancel.
Głuchołazy, The bus station. March 2021.
Szczebrzeszyn, april 2021. Bus Station. In Poland, most of the area of bus stations has been sold to retail chains. Railway stations are just a dummy. The only thing left of them is the signboard.
Kraśnik,The bus station. April 2021.
Szczecinek, train station. June 2021.The building is waiting for a general renovation. In December 2020, the city received PLN 1.6 million in subsidies for this purpose from the government’s Local Investment Fund. In March 2021, it managed to take over the station from PKP.
Trzcianka, train station. June 2021The building is from 1851. Nothing is working there. You can only use the waiting room.
Międzylesie, train station. Lipiec 2021. It was important station on the border with Czech Republic.Border guards operated here, customs officers, Czech police and international shipping also had offices. When Poland entered Shengen area, everything changed.The last services moved out of here at the end of 2009.
Kielce,bus station. October 2021. Built in the years 1975-1984, it is considered one of the most valuable architectural realizations of the Polish People’s Republic. After the fall of communism, it fell into decline. There were plans to dismantle it. In 2020 it was renovated. It is currently the most modern bus station in Poland.
Gryfów Śląski, train station. October 2021. The railway station, established in 1865, was a large junction station. The station lost its importance over time. Since 2009, the city council has applied for the renovation of the station. It started in 2014 and continues today.
Legnica,the bus station. October 2021.The bus station was on the back of supermaket. Now, left only bus stop in this place, but its also not working.
Pińczów, the bus station. November 2021.
Regional Transport Train. November 2021. Over 3 million Poles commute regularly to work in another commune. This is about 33 percent of the employed. Women returning home by train from Silesia.
Stare Drawsko. Bus stop on Drawsko lake.January 2022
Okonek,the train station. January 2022. In the building was dark and sharply could. Waiting outside on the platform, was better option.
About Wojciech Karliński
Wojciech Karliński is polish photographer. He cooperate with the biggest publishing houses in the country. His photos apears on covers of the bestsellers books. He is intresting in social reportage, culure and lanscape. [Official Website]
