Marika Dee
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Marika Dee was born in Belgium in 1970. She lives in Brussels, Belgium and took up photography in 2009. She is currently working on projects in Kosovo and Albania.
A new chapter in the history of Kosovo (2010)
This documentary photostory-in-progress, on which I started work in May 2010, aims to give a visual exploration of Kosovo and most importantly a glimpse at the plight of its people across the different communities. With about 90 % of the population, Albanians constitute the vast majority in this tiny country of about 2 million people. Other communities include Serbian, Gorani, Bosniak, Turkish, Montenegrin, Roma, Askhaeli and Egyptian.
The project is an attempt to document how Kosovans are dealing with the aftermath of the 1999 war and with life in Kosovo after the declaration of independence in 2008. I want to find out about daily life, hopes and challenges in this extremely complex postwar country.
During my stay in Kosovo, I met a lot of people who have a hard time making enough money to sustain their family. All ethnic groups consider the economic issues the biggest challenge facing Kosovo. Unemployment, which stands currently at more than 40% and very low standards of life are at the basis of a growing discontent. Huge economic challenges together with the very specific problems of a deeply divided postconflict society often seem overwhelming and unsurpassable. But meeting inspiring persons that strongly believe in a multiethnic and prosperous Kosovo and work hard towards this end, encourage a more hopeful view of the future.
Posted on: November 2nd, 2010 by admin
Guido Gazzilli
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Guido Gazzilli was born in 1983 in Rome where he currently lives. He graduated at IED of Rome in 2006 and started travelling through Europe working on subcultures and the independent music scene. He has been a freelance photographer since 2006 and has worked with several Italian magazines. During this time he has concentrated on documentary style stories focusing mainly on social issues. His pictures have been published in many magazines and websites such as: Ventiquattro Magazine, Rolling Stone, Foto8, Vice International, Rodeo, Fantom Editions, Pig, Nylon Mag.
He’s now working as an assistant for Paolo Pellegrin (Magnum Photos).
Fisnik
I went to Kosovo a long time after the end of the war.
At the very beginning, i thought, instead of putting the focus on the geopolitical dynamics or on the disasters created by the conflict, to put attention on what all the people of my age have been through. Some of them had to get weapons and fight, others cried for the lost of their relatives. Some blind from hate went to fight a war and some others left, hid themselves from that conflict.
This work simply tries to break down the linguistic barriers and those ones that dont let us open to someone stranger. So, the project becomes not only knowing something, but know something about each other through the sharing of time and getting in touch deeply with the subject.
This is the story of a young man called “Fisnik”.
Posted on: May 30th, 2010 by admin
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