People there just don’t demean themselves like that. But, in Cardiff, he was spoiled for choice. For all that, he remains fond of the Welsh capital.
‘Welsh people are very friendly and open,’ he says. ‘The atmosphere is very cheerful and everyone is having a good time.’ And so they are — if your idea of having a good time is passing out in a pool of vomit.
‘The pictures tell stories of drinking, of love, of violence, of lots of things,’ he insists.
Around 50 of these images were presented at the prestigious festival on a giant screen. The critics lapped them up.
‘The reaction was very positive,’ says Dakowicz. ‘The audience was laughing. They were making fun of British people.’
No doubt they were.
The nation which was once regarded as a buttoned-up bunch of repressives in bowler hats is now a land of incontinent alcoholics.
Spiffing, eh?
For, in the eyes of the experts and professionals gathered at the International Festival of Photojournalism in the French city of Perpignan, this portfolio of work —entitled Cardiff After Dark —was a beautifully crafted and realistic portrait of life in modern Britain.
The next time we scoff at, say, the chauvinism of the French or the hysterics of the Italians, it is worth remembering the sort of stereotypes which are applied to Britain.
Polish photographer Maciej Dakowicz, 34, has been capturing nocturnal scenes in Cardiff — where he was previously a student — for the past five years.
The results speak for themselves.
Dakowicz admits that he would be unable to produce images like this in his home town of Bialystok in Poland.
Thigh high: One man tackles some railings wearing a fetching purple frock, fishnets and pink feather hat while carrying his handbag
Modesty: An image that would make a pole dancer blush (left) and a happy couple exchange phone numbers
Floored: One reveller scrambles around on hands and knees (left) while two women take a tumble (right)
People there just don’t demean themselves like that. But, in Cardiff, he was spoiled for choice. For all that, he remains fond of the Welsh capital.
‘Welsh people are very friendly and open,’ he says. ‘The atmosphere is very cheerful and everyone is having a good time.’ And so they are — if your idea of having a good time is passing out in a pool of vomit.
‘The pictures tell stories of drinking, of love, of violence, of lots of things,’ he insists.
Around 50 of these images were presented at the prestigious festival on a giant screen. The critics lapped them up.
‘The reaction was very positive,’ says Dakowicz. ‘The audience was laughing. They were making fun of British people.’
No doubt they were.
The nation which was once regarded as a buttoned-up bunch of repressives in bowler hats is now a land of incontinent alcoholics.
Spiffing, eh?
Slap-up supper: After a night on the town revellers soak up the alcohol with some fast food while sitting amid piles of rubbish
Gravity defying: One man indulges in a spot of pole dancing (left) while a lady in fancy-dress exhibits her ample cleavage (right)
End of the road: Sprawled on filthy cobbles this girl is ignored as her friend plays on her phone
Starting to crack: One man fails to maintain his modesty and he bends over (left) while another serenades his beau in a littered street (right)
Intriguing insight: Most parents will have no idea what their children get up to on an average night out
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