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Siedmiu fotografów różnych narodowości pojechało na Białoruś, aby zobaczyć, co kryje się pod wyświechtanym określeniem „ostatnia dyktatura w Europie“. Nie było łatwo zrozumieć ten kraj. Jak pisze Victor Martinovich w swoim eseju, na Białorusi na każdym kroku stykasz się z przykładami podwójnego systemu, są dwa związki literatów, między 1996 a 1999 były nawet dwa parlamenty, życie jest ciężkie, ale jednocześnie, gdy przyjeżdżasz do Mińska, wszystko jest czyste i zadbane.
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The group of 7 photographers of different nationalities went to Belarus to find out what is behind the ‘last dictatorship in Europe’ phrase everybody keeps repeating. Getting to know this country turned out to be difficult. As Victor Martinovich writes in his essay, in Belarus you constantly witness endless manifestations of a double system, there are two writers’ unions, from 1996 to 1999 there were even two parliaments, life is hard and at the same time everything is clean and neat in Minsk, when you come for a visit. Taking a picture wasn‘t easy but it was even more tough to say something out loud after comming back. To make a statement about Belarus. Is making a photo book political? The book is accompanied by multimedia and a blog, as well as workshops for students. Project is still in progress.
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