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November 2016
Andrea asks me habla Espagnol? She gestures: she is hungry. The three gypsy girls circle around me like a flock of birds, laughing, chirping. I sit down and try to communicate with her. Her...
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Ukraine, Lviv, December 2017 2018 Lviv
Lead picture: Maria Bakalo (Masha) during a rehearsal of a new performance. I met Masha in 2016 and revisited her in 2017. Simferopol is her birthplace but she moved to Lviv as cultural life is...
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