Portrait of Maja Szymczyk

©James Hall
©James Hall

Maja is a multilingual singer & songwriter, actress, model & travelling tea lover based in London. On a quest to fill her life with her two loves: music & travelling, she is planning to record some of her latest songs with a help of a pledge music campaign: http://www.pledgemusic.com/artists/planetmaja You can find more about her music & other projects on her website www.planetMaja.com or twitter.com/planet_maja.

©James Hall
©James Hall

Maja has been the energy source behind my developing series of portraits of Polish artists in London. She both crackles with nervous energy and exudes artistic vulnerability as she seeks to achieve her potential as a singer/songwriter.

For these shots she bravely chose to sit herself as a public piano immediately by the Eurostar exit at St Pancras station, and played her heart out.

My thanks to Maja, without which none of the photographs in this series would have been possible.