While Zbyszko Siemaszko referred to himself as a documentarian, he took a decidedly creative approach to the job. He captured Warsaw in a way few of its residents ever had a chance to see it. His ability to observe and photograph gave the city...

After Poland’s period of post-war turmoil, reconstruction, cult of personality and mass parades came to an end, and the late 1950s political thaw-driven wave of enthusiasm and hope for something died out, came the time for stabilization – a “small stabilization”....