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Dorota Korwin-Szymanowska

Dorota Korwin-Szymanowska

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Hamadryad revival

Hamadryad lives in Trees. She's born bonded to a certain Tree. Some believe that hamadryads are the actual Tree, while normal dryads are simply the entities, or spirits, of the Trees. If the Tree died, the hamadryad associated with it died as well...

But I wanted to show, that Nature can overcome death. For Spring everything reborn. So hamadryad can!

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Barefoot Sunset

Finally! The first warm dance for my feet! Ach, how amazing! How powerful! How... peaceful. I can rise again. I can be free again. I can be wild again! The Wind of the Spring, the painting of the sky, the songs of the birds. It all gives so much energy!

Wish you all feel alive again!

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Give me a hand

Today, during the walk before sunrise, I met a Tree with one branch withered. As I feel weak recently. Empty inside, I ask for help. I received a helping hand.

When I was on my road back home I remind myself about quick sketch I draw long time ago, in 2013, before I started creating self-portraits. It was in bad times, full of broken.

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Longing for the Sun

Days are becoming longer, birds are singing loudly, buds are shyly appearing on the Trees, the smell of the air is changing. Spring is coming. All of that awoke in me longing for warm, sunny photos. I need to wait a bit to create such news. Maybe month...? But here you have some memories from the last year. Not published yet.

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Witch Library

Enjoying simplicity of my wooden cottage and morning light.

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Księżycolica

As I've mentioned many times, I finished working with others photographers. I was tired of being a tool in someone's imagination, not satisfied of effects, very often I had to pose in extremely conditions and it happened that I even didin't get photos from photoshoots.

 But there are exceptions, of course. With Wiktoria we've tried to meet for looong time. Finally we managed to do it and I'm extremely happy of that amazing creative, cold photoshoot. I've dreamed about  combina...

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Mystery of the Bucket

Even though my mind sometimes creates gloomy, dark visions, I still like telling stories through my photos. Light, delicate, sensual stories.

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Dream Abyss

Soft light in my attic paints Magic.

After years of sleep problems, I finally decided to take control. That's why I created dream series, inspired not by my demons but other known from culture, like incubus and succubus.

However I must admit - still prefer creating self-portraits alone. I don't like duets... But I couldn't do these images on my own.

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Birthday Party

"For some reason, cats are usually addressed familiarly, though no cat has ever drunk bruderschaft with anyone."
 Mikhail Bulgakov, The Master and Margarita

So here you have small carefree shots strongly inspired by my simple life and my point of view for birthdays - days like every others.

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Canvas Skin

For a long time I've wanted to use in photos quite unusual attribute of my skin - just a scratch and I have a mark for few hours on it.

But take it easy - it's nothing harmful. Every scratch vanishes and there is no sign after that. :)

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The Brook Tale

These photos are quite old. I took them in June 2019 but... wasn't sure about them, mainly because I had big problems with strong light.

But today, my body said "Stop with this cold madness for a while!", so sitting with a cup of hot tea,  I tried my skills with old, warm memories from my magic brook.

I like cold seasons of the year but to be honest... I'm slowly looking forward warm days, fresh leaves on the trees, fisrt shy flowers. I have many ideas for new delicate sp...

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Everyday life

Today was filled by bright sun, smell of warm horse fur and birds singing about approaching spring. It was very nice day. Like every other day.

I hope your day was also as wonderful.

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Snow Moon

For a long time I’ve wanted to create photos with full Moon and snow. I tried during last full moon, which was the Wolf Moon but unfortunately, the clouds didn’t help in that moment...

So, today, we have Snow Moon, called also the Bone Moon. Wish you all amazing dreams during that magical night!

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KuRa

Today I would like to show you some photos from different years, from different places but from the one photographer, I really like to work with. KuRa is great guy, kind friend and very good photographer with big experience. He helped me to win with my shyness in photos.

So, let's take a small trip into the past.

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Playing with Fire

There are days when I feel the strong need to let the fire play carefree. It’s just a flash which ignites my imagination to create. While I slowly collect wood needed for the heart of the photos, pictures begin to swirl in my mind.

When the sun goes down and the owl announces beginning of the hunting, I return to my evening temple of fire in the company of the moonlight. And from the tiny sparkle the imagination starts to burn. At first slowly, with the cover of grey smoke, but after ...

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Simplicity

Ok. It's my veeery first short video, so please be understanding. :) Maybe I should call it more as a teaser to the set of Minion's Sensuality?

I'm opening myself very slowly to create more films but to do it I have to learn more about film maker programs and also find music which I can use legaly.

the password: Minion_sensuality

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Lights & lines

Just a simple play of lights and shadows dancing on the lines of body.

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Minion's Sensuality

This set is completely different from others because... for the first time I used remote control to my self-portraits! It was very unusal for me that instead running from and to the tripod, I  I had to win the connection problems between my phone and camera. But I really like the effects. I hope you also, dear Patrons!

This set is quite big, with some backstage photos, some "not-perfect" but I wanted to show you not only the final product but all that "mess". Enjoy!

Why "...

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Reading

I saw many funny drawings illustrating how strange positions we can take during long reading. With a smile on my face, I decided to make my own version. ;)

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Nightmare Dimension

Problems with insomnia, problems with sleep paralysis take me often to the other world of my imagination.

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Neverland

Sometimes not everything goes well within us.  It's good to have our own Neverland where we can escape and hide. To calm down bad thoughts, talk with our demons. It's amazing when such Neverland comes to us in very right moment.

with my beloved old boy, Rogu

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Nymph awakening

The Nature's going crazy this year... Like nymphs, that should be in a deep deep sleep right now. But today one of them was awakened by song of flying swans.

Strange and a bit scary...

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Morning with Norbert

I don't cooperate with other photographers anymore. I'm tired. Very often it's a hard work in difficult weather conditions. Also it happened that as a model I had to wait a long time for photos, I had to remind myself to a photographer. It's a bit sad and demotivating... 

But. There's a "but"! There're photographers with whom I would like to create more. One of them is Norbert - extremely nice guy, talented photographer who the first shows me in completely different way. He release...

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Icy Sun

I like creating with emotions, but sometimes there're too many feelings in me. That's why I appreciate absolutely freezing Wind blowing through my spine straight to the heart. It helps, calms down and inspires.

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The broom’s secret

Do you like gossips? My neighbours must have really boring life to create some stories about me. Some of them can be even inspiring.

But I’ll tell you a true secret. Real witches don’t need brooms to fly. :)

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Sisters

 "Having a sister is like having a best friend you can't get rid of. You know whatever you do, they'll still be there."
                                                          &...

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Old stuff

Dearest Patrons!

For some time I've prepared something new for you - a short movie about making of on of the photo-session. Unfortunately in the end of December I had problems with my PC and I lost some files from last 2-3 weeks. Unfortunately I didn't make backups. My fault. But I won't give up and I'm still have plans for creating some movies.

Lately I was asked about the old photos which weren't published here. So let me take you on a  small journey into the past. :)...

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Boginka

Recently I visited a place. Extremely quiet place. Full of mysterious, dark energy. Energy of the death. Place which can be called "home" by many sad, wronged and forgotten water nymphs. Nymphs that became demons in people's minds. And became demons in their own hearts.

It was unearthly walk. And soothing.

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Cat and his girl

Today I woke up with some pictures in my mind. So I grabbed camera, tripod and book, which I'm already reading.  I started working when my best assistant came to help me in creating more cozy and homy photos full of quiet words from Dostojewski's world.

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Dancing Memories

Once again, I just found a place to dance. To let my thoughts and memories swirl wildly. Beneath the light fog, above the haevy swamp. Trying not to sink in black water of dirty morass.

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