JULIA AUTZ – WHILE I WAS WAITING
WOMEN’S MUSEUM WIESBADEN
Seit über 27 Jahren regiert Alexander Lukaschenko in Belarus. Es ist eine Generation herangewachsen, die ihre Heimat nicht ohne den autoritären Präsidenten kennt. Was bedeutet es, unter diesen Umständen aufzuwachsen? Durch die andauernden Repressionen gibt es immer weniger Menschen, die rebellieren und Widerstand leisten. Passiv, desillusioniert und ratlos müssen sie sich mit den Regeln des Regimes arrangieren.
Julia Autz has captured this situation photographically in her portraits: “In my work I show young people striving for individuality, which is not desired in Belarus. People who are discriminated against because of their political stance, sexual orientation or simply because of a different way of thinking and living.”
Self-realization, as these pictures show, can only take place in private, if at all. Withdrawn into their own four walls, people try to conserve the freedom within. The pictures were taken in the time before the protests and show hope waiting for change.
Julia Autz.Born in 1988. Lives in Berlin. After her diploma in communication design at the University of Applied Sciences Darmstadt, she studied photography in the Master of Arts at the University of Applied Sciences Bielefeld. For “While I Was Waiting” she received the prestigious Vonovia Award
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