Kseniia Apresian, documentary photographer https://kapresian.de Kseniia Apresian, documentary photographer Mon, 16 Sep 2024 12:29:36 +0000 https://kapresian.de en In search for lost Europe https://kapresian.de/In-search-for-lost-Europe Mon, 16 Sep 2024 12:29:36 +0000 Kseniia Apresian, documentary photographer https://kapresian.de/In-search-for-lost-Europe In search for lost Europe Ventotene is an Italian island known for the Manifesto of Ventotene ("Towards a Free and United Europe") – a political document written in 1941 by Italian activists Altiero Spinelli and Ernesto Rossi while they were imprisoned there during World War II. The manifesto is seen as a key document supporting the unification of European countries and the creation of a united European government.Sadly, the manifesto is often forgotten, even by locals. The few remaining witnesses of its creation are now over 90 years old. The island has become a popular tourist destination in the hot summer months but remains quiet and still in winter. My project is a visual exploration of the inspiring vision of a free Europe, born on this picturesque island but almost forgotten over time. Supported by IN/SU/LA The project is not published yet, write me an email to see the full story <img width="2003" height="3000" width_o="2003" height_o="3000" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/48c4763c6292e0ef9b75f48296298e68152a49cb9bce240b2b97adeab01859b6/Ventotene-01.jpg" data-mid="218130883" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/48c4763c6292e0ef9b75f48296298e68152a49cb9bce240b2b97adeab01859b6/Ventotene-01.jpg" /> <img width="2000" height="3000" width_o="2000" height_o="3000" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/9fad666e635b3fe6dd30e040abb882f80cdd9698996bc1658e4d34e795c04c87/Ventotene-02.jpg" data-mid="218130884" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/9fad666e635b3fe6dd30e040abb882f80cdd9698996bc1658e4d34e795c04c87/Ventotene-02.jpg" /> <img width="2003" height="3000" width_o="2003" height_o="3000" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/050021b9fde58c4954a2cc01de7602350fe806eeb0b0fb6d4822771ab611694b/Ventotene-05.jpg" data-mid="218130887" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/050021b9fde58c4954a2cc01de7602350fe806eeb0b0fb6d4822771ab611694b/Ventotene-05.jpg" /> <img width="2003" height="3000" width_o="2003" height_o="3000" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/c629eb1bef5001c609a821240312bf3de2e6a91c24061b9bb7b1068f6c893391/Ventotene-03.jpg" data-mid="218130885" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/c629eb1bef5001c609a821240312bf3de2e6a91c24061b9bb7b1068f6c893391/Ventotene-03.jpg" /> <img width="2000" height="3000" width_o="2000" height_o="3000" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/a56227cc636d785e3b3daa2d2ad4a9ff717ce7f6f016f8dabf648422b7d2b943/Ventotene-04.jpg" data-mid="218130886" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/a56227cc636d785e3b3daa2d2ad4a9ff717ce7f6f016f8dabf648422b7d2b943/Ventotene-04.jpg" /> <img width="2003" height="3000" width_o="2003" height_o="3000" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/72cb5cebe45348a38b58afc5f643ddb6d5ef835279ed2fce0da86391e64efe8d/Ventotene-07.jpg" data-mid="218130889" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/72cb5cebe45348a38b58afc5f643ddb6d5ef835279ed2fce0da86391e64efe8d/Ventotene-07.jpg" /> <img width="2003" height="3000" width_o="2003" height_o="3000" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/3d931c08f125ac960d49ef076310ca23377cfdae1278c688d76a564dee7d363e/Ventotene-06.jpg" data-mid="218130888" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/3d931c08f125ac960d49ef076310ca23377cfdae1278c688d76a564dee7d363e/Ventotene-06.jpg" /> <img width="2003" height="3000" width_o="2003" height_o="3000" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/4c1f4af759e09b7097a79c51385c7217795b38d843e8c948bb384e2d2a202f2b/Ventotene-09.jpg" data-mid="218130891" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/4c1f4af759e09b7097a79c51385c7217795b38d843e8c948bb384e2d2a202f2b/Ventotene-09.jpg" /> <img width="2003" height="3000" width_o="2003" height_o="3000" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/10942f2e7a6dc5595151c6e3301742458ef852036db3b80ea1c63e46ef192826/Ventotene-08.jpg" data-mid="218130890" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/10942f2e7a6dc5595151c6e3301742458ef852036db3b80ea1c63e46ef192826/Ventotene-08.jpg" /> <img width="2003" height="3000" width_o="2003" height_o="3000" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/aa60ee5086aca2d3d4ad0d587d55d931a8d5cd3ad68cd0fb6ea923808eac42ce/Ventotene-11.jpg" data-mid="218130893" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/aa60ee5086aca2d3d4ad0d587d55d931a8d5cd3ad68cd0fb6ea923808eac42ce/Ventotene-11.jpg" /> <img width="2000" height="3000" width_o="2000" height_o="3000" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/ed633b16fc0cb5b9595f8e6f865e4f7dce31f2db1d2d6e96e971890b5dbfb2e5/Ventotene-12.jpg" data-mid="218130894" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/ed633b16fc0cb5b9595f8e6f865e4f7dce31f2db1d2d6e96e971890b5dbfb2e5/Ventotene-12.jpg" /> <img width="2003" height="3000" width_o="2003" height_o="3000" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/edf4785651fd600b68601ee8597cc2a815c10dcc90939c2cd9a414d6f1b68c3e/Ventotene-10.jpg" data-mid="218130892" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/edf4785651fd600b68601ee8597cc2a815c10dcc90939c2cd9a414d6f1b68c3e/Ventotene-10.jpg" /> Is there a future https://kapresian.de/Is-there-a-future Sat, 09 Sep 2023 09:54:39 +0000 Kseniia Apresian, documentary photographer https://kapresian.de/Is-there-a-future Is there a future&nbsp; In 2023, with big problems like climate crisis, wars, and social injustice, the German community project ZEGG offers a beacon of hope. With around 100 members, ZEGG aims to establish an exemplary society with sustainable living, leaderless structures, and freedom from societal stigmas, ranging from celibacy to polyamory. Far from a clichéd image of hippies in treehouses, its members are educated individuals from diverse backgrounds, united by the belief in a life beyond consumerism. Since 2022, I've been documenting this initiative and others like it worldwide, capturing the essence of community-driven, value-aligned living. The project is not published yet, write me an email to see the full story <img width="1500" height="1001" width_o="1500" height_o="1001" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/13683c372148592944e1330d6de8c9a88a69e0d6593bc9a89891fdbcf5b5d9b6/Zegg-05.jpg" data-mid="190230504" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/13683c372148592944e1330d6de8c9a88a69e0d6593bc9a89891fdbcf5b5d9b6/Zegg-05.jpg" /> <img width="1500" height="1001" width_o="1500" height_o="1001" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/559c52d6cbfd461a45ad459a93d5c464bac5237a7e3f85900128d309b3c13cfe/Zegg-01.jpg" data-mid="190230483" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/559c52d6cbfd461a45ad459a93d5c464bac5237a7e3f85900128d309b3c13cfe/Zegg-01.jpg" /> <img width="1500" height="1001" width_o="1500" height_o="1001" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/60d45491067de93bef7c8c2fa669f66d53f3a987d1572fca8a4e72f11b751847/Zegg-02.jpg" data-mid="190230491" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/60d45491067de93bef7c8c2fa669f66d53f3a987d1572fca8a4e72f11b751847/Zegg-02.jpg" /> <img width="1500" height="1001" width_o="1500" height_o="1001" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/6b33855e62a8485b8ab4ca877c3119280d1e63065844da802b806d03032f38d5/Zegg-03.jpg" data-mid="190230495" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/6b33855e62a8485b8ab4ca877c3119280d1e63065844da802b806d03032f38d5/Zegg-03.jpg" /> <img width="1500" height="1001" width_o="1500" height_o="1001" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/f83cf8add311a2d00a87e7b814d5547e2d31aef3f9c352383a05f312ee6cbec1/Zegg-04.jpg" data-mid="190230499" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/f83cf8add311a2d00a87e7b814d5547e2d31aef3f9c352383a05f312ee6cbec1/Zegg-04.jpg" /> <img width="1500" height="1001" width_o="1500" height_o="1001" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/e8690f4a896e525a5202aac7246d4df59e96cec0da9998bf62252e021bb74b87/Zegg-13.jpg" data-mid="190230569" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/e8690f4a896e525a5202aac7246d4df59e96cec0da9998bf62252e021bb74b87/Zegg-13.jpg" /> Whatever you like https://kapresian.de/Whatever-you-like Mon, 11 Jan 2021 21:05:30 +0000 Kseniia Apresian, documentary photographer https://kapresian.de/Whatever-you-like Whatever you like Each relationship is different. So is sex or love. Being sensitive or wild, conservative or kinky, mono- or polygamous, romantic or vulgar, fruity or naughty.. almost everyone questioned themselves: If I like this or that, is it normal? Raised in a post-soviet country, where the topic of sex was a taboo for a long time, I was trying to explore Berlin and it’s new normality with the help of my camera, capturing people in their intimate moments with things and people that they like. See all the pictures <img width="994" height="1500" width_o="994" height_o="1500" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/7da1af5f2201dcfdd5d5d4fc99e39cdfa3b7ef516bdec002c38590303fca1379/Kseniia_Apresian_1.jpg" data-mid="94847998" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/994/i/7da1af5f2201dcfdd5d5d4fc99e39cdfa3b7ef516bdec002c38590303fca1379/Kseniia_Apresian_1.jpg" /> <img width="1500" height="994" width_o="1500" height_o="994" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/70bc35477d010d032a9378aa2a07968cf6abaf561393b0be40b6b1d09e1de6fb/Kseniia_Apresian_4.jpg" data-mid="94847826" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/70bc35477d010d032a9378aa2a07968cf6abaf561393b0be40b6b1d09e1de6fb/Kseniia_Apresian_4.jpg" /> Whatever / Exhibition https://kapresian.de/Whatever-Exhibition Mon, 11 Jan 2021 21:05:30 +0000 Kseniia Apresian, documentary photographer https://kapresian.de/Whatever-Exhibition Whatever you like was a part of EMOP Berlin, exhibited in Projektraum Bethanien on 1-4 October 2020The room was lightened up with 5 colourful strobe lights and accompanied by music, that created an atmosphere and also really interesting visual effects with the pictures. Later on, in August 2021, it was a part of GAZE exhibitio in GlogaAIR Berlin (watch documentation video). <img width="4437" height="2939" width_o="4437" height_o="2939" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/b68f839e6452b0896bf7903826a57da82e812e3fc1fbf5102335fdcd423c40f6/R0255074.jpg" data-mid="122354773" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/b68f839e6452b0896bf7903826a57da82e812e3fc1fbf5102335fdcd423c40f6/R0255074.jpg" /> <img width="4750" height="3146" width_o="4750" height_o="3146" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/4c116141b0dccc446ae45bd20477e47e83091c1cbadf0c16ceb7e2948abd56d2/R0255071.jpg" data-mid="122354772" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/4c116141b0dccc446ae45bd20477e47e83091c1cbadf0c16ceb7e2948abd56d2/R0255071.jpg" /> GlogauAIR, August 2021 <img width="2000" height="1335" width_o="2000" height_o="1335" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/d9539ff402d474dc304fc2ef725e90724cfb58e34cb0a1b1f19a0e397256cc6a/ksenia_exhibition-7_1.jpg" data-mid="94855394" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/d9539ff402d474dc304fc2ef725e90724cfb58e34cb0a1b1f19a0e397256cc6a/ksenia_exhibition-7_1.jpg" /> <img width="2000" height="1335" width_o="2000" height_o="1335" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/292f39b912286c9b2d79641580d00bc831324f0d712e0cbc1b5745879bfd50b6/ksenia_exhibition-19.jpg" data-mid="94849086" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/292f39b912286c9b2d79641580d00bc831324f0d712e0cbc1b5745879bfd50b6/ksenia_exhibition-19.jpg" /> <img width="2000" height="1335" width_o="2000" height_o="1335" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/96e2e15344c658280bfcd46abcc9e58f151a1847c0873a4b96519e83dfc2be86/ksenia_exhibition-13_1.jpg" data-mid="94849258" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/96e2e15344c658280bfcd46abcc9e58f151a1847c0873a4b96519e83dfc2be86/ksenia_exhibition-13_1.jpg" /> <img width="2000" height="1335" width_o="2000" height_o="1335" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/ae6880679b2e42f9331d39bc4f6edc522fb768a2c4bba3db4bc166e6c4eacf3c/ksenia_exhibition-10_1.jpg" data-mid="94849234" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/ae6880679b2e42f9331d39bc4f6edc522fb768a2c4bba3db4bc166e6c4eacf3c/ksenia_exhibition-10_1.jpg" />Projektraum Bethanien, October 2020 Dear Mom and Dad https://kapresian.de/Dear-Mom-and-Dad Tue, 12 Jan 2021 19:53:58 +0000 Kseniia Apresian, documentary photographer https://kapresian.de/Dear-Mom-and-Dad Dear Mom and DadA project devoted to those who have experienced difficult, abusive childhoods. It’s a metaphorical letter from adults to their parents, revealing all the things they were not able to say. I interviewed 8 people, making a shooting and interview simultaniously.
 Portraits were taken while heroes were sharing their stories and lived through the same emotions again.
It was not an easy process, but it was worth it – you can see their honest feelings at the pictures.Read the whole text with interviews:&nbsp; in russian at&nbsp;takiedela.ruin english at Lola magazine in german at ZeitJung <img width="2000" height="1500" width_o="2000" height_o="1500" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/908a049f110892a1cf1ea4d9e1d20c04f308ecbc84e194b9b8ac66699d57f686/DearMom_1_Hannah.jpg" data-mid="94858488" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/908a049f110892a1cf1ea4d9e1d20c04f308ecbc84e194b9b8ac66699d57f686/DearMom_1_Hannah.jpg" /> <img width="2000" height="1500" width_o="2000" height_o="1500" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/2661b5058c468da0e72319f7fd5bc6ba6fb0310e3aa08583163cc4c0f24d7347/DearMom_2_Anna.JPG" data-mid="94858530" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/2661b5058c468da0e72319f7fd5bc6ba6fb0310e3aa08583163cc4c0f24d7347/DearMom_2_Anna.JPG" /> <img width="2000" height="1500" width_o="2000" height_o="1500" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/78b3008e3c9ca86df882ae1f9a93af3ea88d8d6419d2cba6208c6c5db446e26d/DearMom_3_Emma.jpg" data-mid="94858547" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/78b3008e3c9ca86df882ae1f9a93af3ea88d8d6419d2cba6208c6c5db446e26d/DearMom_3_Emma.jpg" /> <img width="2000" height="1500" width_o="2000" height_o="1500" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/e9355898c725807bb783d77d484e90d839ad87e17d140b74f48fb3a7cbde045f/DearMom_4_Olga.jpg" data-mid="94858580" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/e9355898c725807bb783d77d484e90d839ad87e17d140b74f48fb3a7cbde045f/DearMom_4_Olga.jpg" /> <img width="2000" height="1500" width_o="2000" height_o="1500" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/0f26d27c27bbd8c6fe23dd1f02a5db4659d70cf12c6b111a04c12bfc7256e06d/DearMom_5_Maria.jpg" data-mid="94858598" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/0f26d27c27bbd8c6fe23dd1f02a5db4659d70cf12c6b111a04c12bfc7256e06d/DearMom_5_Maria.jpg" /> <img width="2000" height="1500" width_o="2000" height_o="1500" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/88f6dc62eb88df75d416ac2d27d66bd57cdf8beb0af50ce6c110ecee3e1f3678/DearMom_6_Sophia.jpg" data-mid="94858614" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/88f6dc62eb88df75d416ac2d27d66bd57cdf8beb0af50ce6c110ecee3e1f3678/DearMom_6_Sophia.jpg" /> <img width="2000" height="1500" width_o="2000" height_o="1500" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/d5631994b7baaacb713abede21be2e12c0f9549e3063092d31a33096ad4fbe7a/DearMom_7_Pavel.jpg" data-mid="94858628" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/d5631994b7baaacb713abede21be2e12c0f9549e3063092d31a33096ad4fbe7a/DearMom_7_Pavel.jpg" /> <img width="2000" height="1500" width_o="2000" height_o="1500" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/8248144073258ef3a07438acfdd0bec08b0e69c01f621a80c5daf4bfe42a9898/DearMom_8_Ben.jpg" data-mid="94858638" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/8248144073258ef3a07438acfdd0bec08b0e69c01f621a80c5daf4bfe42a9898/DearMom_8_Ben.jpg" /> Dear Mom and Dad / Exhibition https://kapresian.de/Dear-Mom-and-Dad-Exhibition Wed, 13 Jan 2021 16:48:55 +0000 Kseniia Apresian, documentary photographer https://kapresian.de/Dear-Mom-and-Dad-Exhibition Dear Mom and Dad was exhibited in Das Giftraum gallery in March 2019 <img width="2560" height="1920" width_o="2560" height_o="1920" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/766ce0e16ae6ddc19d97b0ecd5daedee565e4794d3b867884eb7427b7e427ba5/1.jpg" data-mid="94970089" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/766ce0e16ae6ddc19d97b0ecd5daedee565e4794d3b867884eb7427b7e427ba5/1.jpg" /> <img width="2560" height="1696" width_o="2560" height_o="1696" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/2e63b71ac63342728cd80bd9e22d8bde4d929af49ecb808fb13e019aa24bd850/4.jpg" data-mid="94970094" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/2e63b71ac63342728cd80bd9e22d8bde4d929af49ecb808fb13e019aa24bd850/4.jpg" /> <img width="2560" height="1696" width_o="2560" height_o="1696" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/49ba399888c511d340058b3e112dbc02a001a2eb17b2695153bff243fa6b3d3f/5.jpg" data-mid="94970096" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/49ba399888c511d340058b3e112dbc02a001a2eb17b2695153bff243fa6b3d3f/5.jpg" /> Dresscode https://kapresian.de/Dresscode Wed, 13 Jan 2021 09:42:51 +0000 Kseniia Apresian, documentary photographer https://kapresian.de/Dresscode Dresscode I’ve always met different people in Berlin and was shocked how contrast can their dayand night- lives be. Figuring out, that super conservative guy, wearing white shirts to his work in the embassy can make a 36-hours rave in Berghain in the most crazy outfit ever or that nice and shy girl, who is a social worker, spends all of her weekends dancing almost naked in Kit Kat. That’s how I came to the idea that I should take photos of these people in their two outfits: dark and kinky night-out look vs their normal dress code in a usual environment.See all pictures in Vice <img width="600" height="423" width_o="600" height_o="423" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/99f09a617a54e0ac05b4a115ced42f2b2d688c48faf33d05eec047dbce4d930f/1a.JPG" data-mid="94913895" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/600/i/99f09a617a54e0ac05b4a115ced42f2b2d688c48faf33d05eec047dbce4d930f/1a.JPG" /> laboratory technician <img width="600" height="399" width_o="600" height_o="399" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/5acebca1bfa4cdb3fa1304ff1bc4f59d0210538a3e27b55ed2cd7db62712d1d4/2a.JPG" data-mid="94913905" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/600/i/5acebca1bfa4cdb3fa1304ff1bc4f59d0210538a3e27b55ed2cd7db62712d1d4/2a.JPG" />anesthetist <img width="600" height="400" width_o="600" height_o="400" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/57c7edd4852e247acd8b2b2f41a7bfffd08c4cd0e0f4fd115c775e6e6478897b/3a.JPG" data-mid="94913929" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/600/i/57c7edd4852e247acd8b2b2f41a7bfffd08c4cd0e0f4fd115c775e6e6478897b/3a.JPG" />politican’s assitant <img width="600" height="400" width_o="600" height_o="400" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/43a8c3cd523d07e08c8c557e23eb5455e7ad504f58f73dbacc0edba741175799/4a.JPG" data-mid="94913950" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/600/i/43a8c3cd523d07e08c8c557e23eb5455e7ad504f58f73dbacc0edba741175799/4a.JPG" />tourist guide <img width="600" height="400" width_o="600" height_o="400" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/46c4c3459ef05a7dac04f0a845c3fb879a122884fae6bdf5373359bfdd233a47/5a.JPG" data-mid="94913990" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/600/i/46c4c3459ef05a7dac04f0a845c3fb879a122884fae6bdf5373359bfdd233a47/5a.JPG" />social workers&nbsp;