# Aleksandra Dynaś – Truth Is the Only Currency: How Photojournalism Taught One Photographer to Stop Constructing and Start Witnessing | Episode #289

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Podcast: [Great Big Photography World](https://stenobird.com/podcast/great-big-photography-world-146034)
Published: 2026-07-29T10:00:00+00:00
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## Resource

In this episode, Perrin sits down with Aleksandra Dynas, a Polish-born documentary photographer and photojournalist based in Barcelona who has lived in seven countries, traveled to around 70 more, and built a photography career on a single conviction: that truth is the only currency worth spending. Aleksandra talks about how solo travel at 16 taught her to observe people long before she ever picked up a camera, why she learned photography by shooting demonstrations in Barcelona rather than in a classroom, and what drove her to spend months living in the slums of Uganda documenting street children whose stories nobody else was telling. She gets into why she considers herself a traveler and storyteller first and a photographer second, why she will always prioritize the moment over the technically perfect shot, and why her greatest goal is not to become a photographer who has all the answers but to remain one who keeps asking better questions. Check out the episode article here: https://greatbigphotographyworld.com/Aleksandra Dynaś Want to support the show? Click here: https://greatbigphotographyworld.com/supporter/ Join our online photography community to interact with photographers just like this, get access to fun photo contests, find inspiration daily, and much more! https://greatbigphotographyworld.com/join/

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