honorable mention
Julia Berezina israel
title
Berdichev
"“You are going away, Yulchik”, he said, as we were standing in the Saint
Petersburg airport in April of 1994.
“Don’t be sad, daddy”, I answered. “I’ll go and then i’ll come back”.
Since then and for the last 21 years I have been leaving and coming back, moving back and forth on some invisible line, like a lost set of keys, waiting for its owner to recall the last time it was seen.
I have lived in Israel since I was 6 years old.
I have left nothing behind except for a father and a tender memory of a snow that suddenly, in the middle of some spring, after it melted completely, began to fall again.
This is the reason I always wondered about the tears of the 10 year old girl I was when I came back to my homeland, for the first time after our immigration."
p.s The project is an ongoing project. As a final Project at the academy it contained 21 photographs and three video arts. Unfortunately I had to curate myself and choose only 5...
Petersburg airport in April of 1994.
“Don’t be sad, daddy”, I answered. “I’ll go and then i’ll come back”.
Since then and for the last 21 years I have been leaving and coming back, moving back and forth on some invisible line, like a lost set of keys, waiting for its owner to recall the last time it was seen.
I have lived in Israel since I was 6 years old.
I have left nothing behind except for a father and a tender memory of a snow that suddenly, in the middle of some spring, after it melted completely, began to fall again.
This is the reason I always wondered about the tears of the 10 year old girl I was when I came back to my homeland, for the first time after our immigration."
This is the artist statement I wrote for my final project, I think it's the most accurate thing I can write about myself.
I am Julia, 27 years old.
I studied photography and art at the Wizo Design Academy in the city of Haifa, Israel, graduated a year ago.
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"“You are going away, Yulchik”, he said, as we were standing in the Saint
Petersburg airport in April of 1994.
“Don’t be sad, daddy”, I answered. “I’ll go and then i’ll come back”.
Since then and for the last 21 years I have been leaving and coming back, moving back and forth on some invisible line, like a lost set of keys, waiting for its owner to recall the last time it was seen.
I have lived in Israel since I was 6 years old.
I have left nothing behind except for a father and a tender memory of a snow that suddenly, in the middle of some spring, after it melted completely, began to fall again.
This is the reason I always wondered about the tears of the 10 year old girl I was when I came back to my homeland, for the first time after our immigration."
p.s The project is an ongoing project. As a final Project at the academy it contained 21 photographs and three video arts. Unfortunately I had to curate myself and choose only 5...
about the photographer
“You are going away, Yulchik”, he said, as we were standing in the SaintPetersburg airport in April of 1994.
“Don’t be sad, daddy”, I answered. “I’ll go and then i’ll come back”.
Since then and for the last 21 years I have been leaving and coming back, moving back and forth on some invisible line, like a lost set of keys, waiting for its owner to recall the last time it was seen.
I have lived in Israel since I was 6 years old.
I have left nothing behind except for a father and a tender memory of a snow that suddenly, in the middle of some spring, after it melted completely, began to fall again.
This is the reason I always wondered about the tears of the 10 year old girl I was when I came back to my homeland, for the first time after our immigration."
This is the artist statement I wrote for my final project, I think it's the most accurate thing I can write about myself.
I am Julia, 27 years old.
I studied photography and art at the Wizo Design Academy in the city of Haifa, Israel, graduated a year ago.
back to gallery