Realitatea

Photographs: 2013 – 2020
Artist monograph & exhibition

The pictures from the rural regions of the Republic of Moldova are a journey through time to a place that has been in an identity crisis since its independence 30 years ago. This visual survey is the second project about the country torn between the EU and Russia, stagnation and progress, corruption, and the rule of law. Realitatea not only brings together photographic vignettes from a country in a state of limbo, but also uses facsimiles of Moldovan newspapers and texts to put them in context with the political events of the decade, during which the country was in oligarchic hands. The Romanian title "Realitatea" – the reality – refers on the one hand to the political situation in Moldova during the past decade until the election of Maia Sandu and on the other hand to everyday life outside the capital Chisinau, where people devote themselves to survival despite the countless elections and scenarios. Moreover, the title is an allusion to the so-called authenticity of the photographic medium, which of course does not exist.