A visual essay by Rene Fietzek
A Past That Colored
Armenia
A vision by Rene Fietzek
Brutalism, proud expressions, sensations of splendorous decay. In Armenia I saw a country's past reflected in the architecture and the faces of its people. Turkey was not to be mentioned. There was friendliness in their eyes, honesty in their hospitality. I wanted to photograph their faces. They looked so proud and natural. Visiting a sanatorium is like stepping back in time. The Soviet Union left its traces here, and I could feel them in the colours, the furniture, the buildings; their brutality coloring its afterlife.
Pictures and words. René Fietzek
Editing. Valerie Steenhaut
Traveller/s
Rene Fietzek
Photographer
René likes to tell stories. After studying theater, film, and media in Vienna, he studies visual communication in Hamburg to finish as a photo designer in Berlin. René's stories always have two sides. Without focusing too clearly on either, his photographs are able to reveal both vulnerability and determination, in one glance.
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