PRE MORTEM, as the name suggests, revolves around the topic of death. His projects focus on national identity, collective memory and the impact of mass media on the world. Ihar Hancharuk works with documentary and art photography, video and archives.

He is a graduate of the photography school of Saint Petersburg.

Ihar Hancharuk is a documentary photographer born in Baranovichi, Belarus. This work puts things into perspective and challenges our benchmarks: how can we distinguish from one simple picture the “real” Ukrainian Revolution from parodies of it as re-enacted at public events? With no captions the viewer is left to create his or her own story. These images, characterised by a continuous and omnipresent blur, evoke both dreams and the boundary between history and mere facts. The focus of these photographs are the people in them. During these celebrations people dress up as soldiers, play war and mime death while the military displays its fleet of machines in big, boisterous parades. His project, titled WITH THE EYES CLOSED documents the celebration of Navy Day in Russia (July 29th) in different cites – from Minsk to Moscow and Sevastopol on the Crimean Peninsula. So stay tuned and be on the lookout! PAVEL GRABCHIKOV – WITH THE EYES CLOSEDīorn in 1985 in the capital of Belarus, Pavel is a UX designer and design strategy consultant by profession, photography is a hobby for him. Below you will find a short summary of their work. This vast group of creators includes four Belarusian photographers who were selected by CIRCULATION(S) staff during a visit to The Month of Photography in Minsk (MPM) 2019.

Each day, on different platforms ( Facebook, Instagram and Twitter) the work of cooperating artists is promoted. An online project named STAY HOME(S) was launched in place of the event. This however did not stop them from supporting the artists whose works were set to be shown during the 10th edition of the festival. Unfortunately, due to the current world health crisis Marion Hislen, founder of the festival, and her team were forced to make the tough decision of closing this year’s event until further notice. March 14th was supposed to mark the beginning of the 10th edition of CIRCULATION(S), a photography festival dedicated to young and emerging European artists held in Le Centqurte in Paris.

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