„Growing Album“ is a photobook that allows you to plant your „home“ wherever you are. Made from self-handmade paper combined with seeds and filled with pictures from my homeland, Poland. The seeds used, are the plants shown in the images.The paper itself carries a personal narrative, being made from old maps of my hometown and newspaper clippings carefully archived by my grandmother. The photographs in the book are often faded, reflecting the fleeting nature of memories. As a viewer, you are invited to plant the entire book and let your „home“ take root and grow wherever you are in the world.The purpose of this project is to draw attention to the themes of migration and identity. It offers the possibility of carrying a piece of „home“ with you. This project transforms intangible memories into something tangible. One of my own memories is picking tomatoes in my grandmother’s garden in Poland. I’ve preserved the seeds of those tomatoes and paired them with an image of her garden, making this memory portable and rooted in a new, meaningful context. Planting the book allows you to relive such moments, creating a bridge between past and present. The ultimate goal is to enable individuals to carry a piece of their „home“ wherever they go, fostering a deeper connection to heritage and environment.

Ewelina Bialoszewska is an award winning photographer focusing on portraiture and social documentary photography. As visual artist, Ewelina works with photography, print methods and media art. Thematically she’s most inspired by the topic of origin, migrant identity, roots, uprooting, and surroundings.She was born and raised in Poland, currently she lives in Munich. She studies Creative Photography the masters program at The Institute of Creative Photography in Opava/Czechia. For her, photography is an artistic medium and also a personal tool for exploring stories and self-reflection, migration shapes self-image and how identity forms between two cultures.