Elisa Markes-YoungThe excitement of living in a foreign country is accompanied by an intense feeling of displacement. Being a stranger and ‘different’, having to master another language and the mentality of a new place creates a feeling of insignificance and inadequacy. The basic need to belong and fit in competes with the fear that the differences will be lost and with the need to defend and preserve the uniqueness, the culture and the history that shaped her. On the other hand, if she defines her identity in relation to her past and holds on to it she faces isolation. View the work ...
Christopher YoungChris tries to convey the sense of reverence and quiet that he experiences whilst shooting his location images. These places are abandoned or deserted and are going through a process of decay, destruction and regeneration. He comes to them after the emotive connection to place has been severed. Just as the aftermath of the decisive moment is silent, all participants have long since departed. All they leave behind are scars, broken glass and ash. These, like all photos, are ultimately death masks and tombstones of lost people, places and moments. View the work ... |
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