Return
by Sylvia de Swaan
“Return” is an exploration of my personal history and a meditation on memory and war. It consists of a series of journeys through Eastern Europe to retrace routes my mother, sister, and I traversed as refugees at the end of World War II, eventually eventually arriving to my native city in Southern Ukraine where I'd last been as a small child.I'm interested in the construction of narrative and the cinematic juxtaposition of still images - using the voyage as a metaphor for a film, or a narrative thread that leads one through life.
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Interesting series like an investigation. I like the way the travel (and the series) is interrupted with the family pictures.
well done.
Have you got a website with more series of that kind ?
Hello Renaud - thanks for your nice comment - alas my website is out of service & am looking around to see other options. “Return” was a ten year project - so yes there are quite a few other images - plus been applying for funding to do an “aftermath” chapter. I send you a link to another body of work that was recently featured on a blog - best regards to you - sylvia
http://lenscratch.blogspot.com/2010/09/sylvia-de-swaan.html
Really good work; I like the sense of time that the photos evoke — both in travel, and in searching for the past.
Obviously a personal journey; that is why it is so successful; very impressive; thank you for sharing!
thanks for sharing. very dark and lonely, is there more to be done?
How hard it is to return yet you can never go home. The past is now. Love these images.
A most moving memoir. This is a very impressive project. I am so touched by it.
Really impressive works, emotional and powerfull.
[...] The War Game and other photographs on this site (her website is not operational at this time). [...]
very powerful work sylvia -
HI SYLVIA, you know I love your work. Moving and very powerful. Thanks for sharing this link. / Katrine
i love your series..
I’ve loved this for a long time now, Sylvia, but it still has the power to move and stun me after all these years. You’ve got my vote, and my admiration. x0x A
also, think you might like to hear this album … as a fellow traveler, he’s got a ’soundtrack’ for some of your images. http://www.facebook.com/pages/Howard-Fishman/14331012558?sid=e9e8d20c5c7cda047b5d9f767e3c22e1&ref=s&v=wall#!/discography/album.php?aid=105940842790175
I love this serie Sylvia - Ten years project is quite a long time project - Great works! You’ve got my vote
[...] Conceptual Tribes by Lucia Herrero Over Floral Bedspreads by Kelly Puleio Plateaus of the Mind by Kylie Woon Kasi by Joel Suganth J Somebody or Nobody? by Jesper Petersson De slapende arm by Marlous van der Sloot The Swimmers by Carla Liesching The Lurkers by Stacy Kranitz Return by Sylvia de Swaan [...]
Excellent work! Touching series. Looking forward to seeing your show at the Picker Gallery in October.
Wow! I don’t even know what to say…I feel a poetic response deep inside when I looked at these pictures. Unfortunately I am no poet with words.
Raw Ambient emotion!unseen drama, misunderstood frankness, stunning compassion….
All the best to you in these endeavors.
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