1945
gelatin silver print, 17.7 × 23 cm (18.3 × 23.9 cm),
vintage

In 1945, the ruins of Warsaw became an obvious area of interest for a large group of photographers, both professional ones, and amateurs. The documentation of the destroyed capital city is among Chrząszczowa’s most outstanding accomplishments. The strong symbolic and emotional charge of the pictures makes them stand out from among the other documentary series made at the time. A dozen or so works from the collection were shown at the famous Warsaw Accuses exhibition. They were also published by the Archaeology of Photography Foundation in 2011 in the book Chroniclers. Zofia Chomętowska - Maria Chrząszczowa. Photographs of Warsaw 1945-1946.