BASTIAN Jasper

A Road Not Taken

Allemagne

2016Jury

Before the fall of the USSR, borders between Belarus and Lithuania had no real existence. People freely crossed into neighbouring territories and often married on either side of the line. Social life was particularly strong, creating a common identity. The creation of European borders has divided cities and torn families. Bastian JASPER portrays a society torn between the past and the present. His photographs are a documentary, tinged by aesthetic research.

 

About the artist

JASPER Bastian is a German-American photographer born in 1989. He studied photography in Dortmund, Germany and in Aarhus, Denmark. His recent projects, focus on the divisional effects of  boundaries and their influences on concepts of nationality and personal identity.

With the support of Goethe Institut.
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