Photo Essay:
Viktoria Sorochinski - Lands of No Return
Ukrainian photographer Viktoria Sorochinski has been running on this photo essay for close to a decade. These lovely, poignant and at times hauntingly sorrowful graphics seize a society that has been bypassed by means of development, its elderly citizens impoverished and on my own. This paintings is tremendously mature and insightful and rings with authenticity.
Viktoria says as a toddler she visited her grandparents in this small village near Kiev, a time that she recalls as "filled with light and happiness." Years later she visited the village once more and this time "became astonished at how useless and miserable it regarded. There have been almost completely aged human beings in the village. They are dwelling out their last days: neglected by way of the government and regularly abandoned by means of their families. Along with their traditions and their houses, they're slowly disappearing?Even even though this task started as a private journey, the extra I labored on it, the greater I found out that taking pictures and commemorating those people and places has a extra cost. They are the last last proof of the as soon as-magical and vibrant tradition so one can soon be recognised only in records books?.
(C) All pix Viktoria Sorochinski
Photo Essay:
Kristina Kakeeva - Siberia's Frozen Baikal Lake
Russian photographer Kristina Kakeeva is likewise an engineer. She spent numerous days at the lake to produce these remarkable pics. She also tells the tale of the way the lake came to be, which I love.
"The only river in the world that flows from the lake is Angara, all other rivers flow into the lake. There is a legend that the Father Baikal had 336 rivers—335 sons and one daughter, Angara. All of the sons flowed into Baikal to restock the water, but the daughter fell in love with Yenisei (another river in Russia) and started to take her father’s water to her lover. In response, F ather Baikal threw a huge rock into his daughter and cursed her. This rock is called Shaman-Stone; it is situated in the spring head of Angara, and is considered to be the river’s beginning."
Photobook Awards:
Australian and New Zealand Photobook Awards - Winners
Katrin Koenning and Sarker Protick are the winners of the 2016 Australian Photobook of the Year for their publication Astres Noir published by Chose Commune (France). This win adds to a list of impressive accolades including being shortlisted for Paris Photo-Aperture Foundation Photobook Awards (First Book) and the Prix Nadar.
Over the ditch the New Zealand Photobook of the Year was shared by Simon Devitt for Rannoch and Evangeline Davis for Touchy.
To find out more: Australia and New Zealand. These awards are sponsored by Momento Pro (Geoff and Libby) who deserve a shout-out because they really do put their heart and soul into making photobooks.
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