Modern Albania as it is

Modern Albania as it is

Categories: Europe

Photographer Jan Michalko commented: “Photos of ordinary Albanian life. I wanted to capture the mood of our time and the reality of everyday life. These pictures are dedicated, on the one hand, to people, and on the other hand, to the outside, to the urban environment. It shows the interaction between people and their environment at work, during leisure and in familiar, everyday activities. We see an aesthetic overlay of the socialist past on the new trends of Western influence, characterized by explosion, bright colors and spontaneous introduction of new technologies.”

(Total 24 photos)

Modern Albania as it is Source: Miraprospekt.com

Modern Albania as it is

1. What is happening in Albania? In the past, a closed communist country with coasts hidden from the rest of the world for so long and an amazing alpine hinterland, today it still remains a mysterious place in the middle of the familiar old Europe.

Modern Albania as it is

2. Albania is a neighbor of Italy and Greece, but despite the fall of the Iron Curtain 20 years ago, it kept its secrets for quite some time.

Modern Albania as it is

3. Jan Michalko is one of six Berlin-based photographers who have regularly explored a little-known part of Europe for three years.

Modern Albania as it is

4. They immersed themselves in its unique and complex society, so influenced by the long period of Ottoman rule, the dictatorial grip of communism and the current joy of merging with modern Europe.

Modern Albania as it is

5. The idea of the project was to create a visual diary of a country that everyone knows by name, but whose lifestyle, people and dreams are just beginning to emerge.

Modern Albania as it is

6. Each of the photographers took their own unique approach to tell this story of discovery.

Modern Albania as it is

7. This long-term project would never have been so direct and documentary if it had not been for a less intriguing country than Albania.

Modern Albania as it is

8. In this selection, we offer you pictures of one of the photographers who participated in the project: Jan Michalko.

Modern Albania as it is

9.

Modern Albania as it is

10.

Modern Albania as it is

eleven.

Modern Albania as it is

12.

Modern Albania as it is

13.

Modern Albania as it is

14.

Modern Albania as it is

15.

Modern Albania as it is

16.

Modern Albania as it is

17.

Modern Albania as it is

18.

Modern Albania as it is

19.

Modern Albania as it is

20.

Modern Albania as it is

21.

Modern Albania as it is

22.

Modern Albania as it is

23.

Modern Albania as it is

24.

Keywords: Albania | Everyday life

Post News Article

Recent articles

Do not spit into the well! 22 gifs that prove the instant karma exists
Do not spit into the well! 22 gifs that prove the instant ...

Famous Russian proverb "do Not spit into the well, it is useful to drink water" perfectly describes what you will see on these ...

60s Icon Veruschka: Model, Actress and Countess
60s Icon Veruschka: Model, Actress and Countess

Few supermodels can boast such a complex and eventful fate as Veruschka. She was born a countess into one of the most famous German ...

As a 16-year-old girl in the early XX century circled the globe by car
As a 16-year-old girl in the early XX century circled the ...

In 1922, the 16-year-old canadian Aloha Vandervell went on an adventurous expedition through the world by car Ford Model‑T became ...

Related articles

How to make money on the Pentagon 300 million: a recipe from two American junkies
How to make money on the Pentagon 300 million: a recipe from ...

What if you don't want to bother, but wishes to earn $ 300 million? A bit of options and the best of them found the two lover ...

A hundred years at lunch: how women washed, cleaned and cooked in the last century
A hundred years at lunch: how women washed, cleaned and ...

We are constantly dealing with continuous progress, changes and additions in the field of technology — in particular, these are ...

The whole truth about life in China first-hand
The whole truth about life in China first-hand

Julia Chervo lives and works in China, so she knows firsthand about the everyday life of the inhabitants of the most numerous ...