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An extraordinary body of photography capturing the poignancy and universality of everyday lives in Central and Eastern Europe before and after the fall of the Berlin wall.
'An odyssey around remote parts of central and eastern Europe' - Observer
'[In these photographs] elegance frames a respect for seeing time pass – the stillness, the waiting – hoping to be filled with the promise of an unknown future' - Susan Meiselas
'Filled with a vibrant, timeless energy … an expansive documentation of turbulent times, yet sprinkled throughout are moments of joy and pleasure' - Aperture
Fabio Ponzio was born in Milan in 1959. His interest in photography began in 1976, during a trip to the Balkans. Europe, travel and photography have formed the three main threads of his life in the decades since. In 1991, he was awarded the European Kodak Prize at Arles; in 1993, the Mother Jones Foundation Award for Documentary Photography; and in 1998, the Leica Oskar Barnack Award in Germany.