The First March of Gentlemen

In The First March of Gentlemen, Rafał Milach creates a fictitious narrative composed of authentic stories. He retells the historical children’s strike in Wrzeęnia in Poland from the early 20th Century, through collaged archive photographs from the 1950s and 1960. By blending these elements, he has created a new narrative, to be read as a playful metaphor for the political situation of the present. This project was created by the Deutsche Borse shortlisted photographer on the Kolekcja Wrzeęnia residency programme in 2016.