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Bringing the History back to Light

by Tom Szustek
ByUspecto November 30, 2021March 15, 2026

West Pomerania - a former German territories incorporated into Poland after World War II. It took several decades for the Poles to finally feel responsible for this land and its history, no matter how cruel and unjust it was. Under the supervision of Dr Marek Łuczak, a group of volunteers has been searching for tombstones...

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Black Memory of the White

by Tom Szustek
ByUspecto December 4, 2018October 28, 2023

" Unemployment in Rural Tunisia" by Tom Szustek with a collaboration of Chokri Omri Most of the economic activities in Tunisia are concentrated along the Mediterranean coast, around three main cities: Tunis, Sousse and Sfax. Since ancient times, access to the sea facilitated frequent contacts and exchange of ideas and goods, made the coastal areas...

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Seven Stories of Faith. China

by Sebastian Hesse
ByUspecto May 4, 2018November 29, 2021

A selection of photographs from China, a part of the last chapter of the photobook "Seven Stories of Faith" published in 2017 by Sebastian Hesse.

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Walking with the Writers in Marseille

by Tom Szustek
ByUspecto March 9, 2018July 6, 2023

No matter how many times this image is going to be presented again, the media always cherish another photo from Marseille with teenagers hanging around the blocks of flats with burned cars in the background and captions suggesting drug dealing activities in progress. Wrecked cars, guns (or their imitations) in the hands of young men...

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Traffic

by Krzysztof Maniocha
ByUspecto March 9, 2018November 29, 2021

There are 2.5 million cars in Ireland. At 8 am driving 20km (north to the south) through Dublin takes from 1.5 to 2 hours. You can go through the city centre, on the outskirts of the city centre or the ring road, though during the busiest hours, time wise it is almost the same, and...

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Neopagans

by Sebastian Hesse
ByUspecto April 11, 2015November 29, 2021

Twice a year they seem to appear from nowhere. To celebrate the equinoxes. And to briefly lend an aura of timelessness to two magical places in London. In spring on Tower Hill, near the banks of the river Themes. And in autumn on Primrose Hill, high above the Thames valley. All at once, the Druids...

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Medjugorje

by Krzysztof Maniocha
ByUspecto November 20, 2014November 29, 2021

Peace, peace, peace and only peace! Peace must reign between God and man and between people. This is the primary call of the Virgin Mary revealing herself for the last thirty three years to six chosen people from Medjugorje. While the Queen of Peace calls for fasting every Wednesday and Friday, new restaurants, bars, coffee...

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My little Sweety…

by Krzysztof Maniocha
ByUspecto September 30, 2014November 29, 2021

You and I are walking through life, observing and absorbing everything that surrounds us. We acquire different tastes, we get to know things, we settle into habits. Little by little, from the moment of our birth we are being shaped according to certain patterns. At home, in kindergarten, at school and at work we are...

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Portrait of the Pilgrim 2014

by Tom Bereska and Tom Szustek
ByUspecto August 27, 2014November 29, 2021

For the fifth consecutive year, Uspecto photographers Tom Bereska and Tom Szustek once again joined the efforts to climb the holy mountain of Croagh Patrick, Co. Mayo, Ireland during the annual pilgrimage. A new set of portraits they brought back from the trip, completes the “Portrait of the Pilgrim” project which was initially scheduled for...

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Sisters of Mercy

by Norma Manly
ByUspecto June 7, 2014November 29, 2021

The “Sisters of Mercy” are a Catholic religious congregation founded in Ireland in 1831. In the Ireland of that time, a woman’s role in society was very restricted and defined. Confined to the home, the vast majority of women lived a poverty-stricken and uneducated life. They sought for a more self-enriching and fulfilling life. A...

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