Thieves with hearts of gold. Ex-cons with souls full of artistry and music. Families trying to live a normal life. In an average town from behind the curtain, welcome to the Miracle District, where the poverty mingles with pride painting a picture full of bitter charm. The story takes place in Zakaczawie - district of a middle-sized town of Legnica, located in the southwest of Poland. It aims to show that among the very visual poverty and dilapidation, there are humans – families, friends, neighbors – trying to live their best despite suffering from social and economical marginalisation.
Amadeusz ?wierk (born in 1995) is a documentary photographer based in Wroc?aw, Poland. Amadeusz strives to be an honest witness of the world. His work is often oriented on minorities – social, ethnic, religious and based on genuine experience of other human. Interested in ethnicity and natural way of living, he has done projects about Iranian nomads and informal subculture of people escaping society grown around wooden hut located in Polish mountains. Currently he is working on projects about a (in)famous district in the small town of Legnica, opioid addicts and personal, about his family.
