IMAGO

‘Imago’ refers to the last phase of insect metamorphosis, a post-growth, pre-adult stage where they appear fully-formed but smaller. Zuza Krajewska’s portraits of young offenders at a custody centre near Warsaw examines this transitional period between physical maturity and full adult development. Her subjects were brought to the centre for their inability to follow the codes of society.Had they been adults, many of their crimes would have earned them a jail sentence, but the potential of growth and development to their stillchildlike characters granted them an opportunity to be rehabilitated – and, one-day, reintroduced to society.

Published by KAHL Editions in May 2017. Hardcover. Brand New. Limited to 1000 copies. 136 pages. 22 x 27 cm.