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Railroads are the arteries of Ukraine
Western Ukraine, August 2016
“No time to print your ticket!” the platinum blond station attendant tells me through the small window on the вокзал (voksal, the train station in Ukrainian) at Ivano Frankivsk, mid-west Ukraine....
Roma and Sinti in Rumania
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...
Destiny
Amsterdam, The Netherlands, September 2016
Simone looks up from her work to me through the open door of her workshop. She just finished her rolled cigarette. It is a perfect hot early September afternoon in Amsterdam. There are less tourists...
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Railroads are the arteries of Ukraine
Western Ukraine, August 2016
“No time to print your ticket!” the platinum blond station attendant tells me through the small...
I do not want to wait until retirement to have fun
Serbia, Vukićevica Village, Grabovac, February 2018,
At the first handshake, Aleksandar Velimirovic explains to me the philosophy of their project. For him, it is not...
Kovbasa krovjanka and farsherovanii perets in Drohobich
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Drohobich, Ukraine, August 2016
The Ukrainian language is not easy to master but I have decided to learn its basics, at least. In western...
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Ukriane, Slovakia, Uzhgorod, August 2014
There is airco when the driver feels like it. It is nearly 40 degrees in the bus...
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