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This portrait was taken in Marasia, last village on the greek border with Turkey.

How do i photograph people? I always carry a piece of paper with written in the local language what my project is about (in this case i had it written in greek). I also always try to learn few works, the basic to say hello and introduce myself.

in preparation for going to Serbia in June I am scanning all my negatives (a looooong and boring process) and I am starting to plan a website, to create an online archive of border identities.

where the buffer zone meets the sea (work in progress)

where the buffer zone meets the sea

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Here 2 more images photographed in Nicosia last september.

The next summer I will be for a month at Art Box Artist Residency near Novi Sad, Serbia, which I will use as a base to photograph the borders between Croatia-Serbia and Croatia-Hungary. The border Croatia Serbia is of particular interest to me as Croatia is about to join the EU whilst Serbia has applied but is not joining yet. I aim to continue portraying the people and communities who live along the borders and the spaces they inhabit. I have been awarded a Step Travel Grant by the European Cultural Fund.
My aim is to create an online archive that collects images of european identity.

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some more scannings from the Cyprus divide - People and places I have met whilst walking along the buffer zone. Both images were taken in Nikosia

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images from Cyprus...i took this image at the seaside, in the exact point where the land meets the sea in the southern part of the island. Famagusta and its ruins are visible from here in the distance. This is the precise point where the buffer zone starts

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finally finding time to work on my negatives! Those 2 images were taken on the greece-turkey border in 2011