„Growing Album" 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 it and let your "home" take root and grow wherever you are.

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. One of my own memories of home 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. The seeds in this project serve two purposes: As a preservation tool, embodying heritage and continuity. As a metaphor for rooting, symbolizing the ability to grow (up) and thrive in new environments.

In this project, I explore innovative methods of presenting photography, aiming to give the medium a unique and tactile dimension.