Participating Artists Press Agency
Friday 19th of April 2024 – page 4
Lino Hellings is the artistic director of PAPA. She developed PAPA in a residency at Photo Press Agency Drik in Dhaka (Bangladesh) and in working with local photographers (with an international status) in PAPA-Labs in Lagos (Nigeria), Sao Paulo (Brazil), Rotterdam (the Netherlands) and Bishkek (Kyrgystan).
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Bishkek -
These girls looking like little women just returned from school. One of them has rollerskates and now they all want to try. Education is in Kyrgyz nowadays and not any…
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Bishkek Lab
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Winter has just disappeared and the grass has started to grow. On his way to the supermarket (to buy booze?) this man takes a nap on the side of…
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Bishkek Lab
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When this man who lives opposite the pipeline finds seven women with cameras on his yard, he inmediately invites us in. We turn down his invitation in a friendly way…
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Bishkek Lab
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The men in the Christmas stall eat molded bread and uncooked noodles. Wodka is the main menu, starter and dessert. They are from a lot of different countries so they…
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Bishkek Lab
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On my first round in Bishkek on Saturday morning I found these children playing a game I did play in my youth as well. You draw a pattern with chalk…
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Bishkek Lab
Rotterdam -
The new policy of the authorities is not to report anymore about the bad things that happen in the Tarwewijk. Radiomaker and DJ Eric does not agree. Bad news and…
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Migrationpapa
Bishkek -
On almost every street corner you can see taxi drivers playing chess or backgammon. Sometimes on improvised furniture, like here. Sometimes just squatting in a circle on the side of…
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Bishkek Lab
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His friends admire the plastic pistol the little boy has. His future job is clear. In the quarter where I live and work there are small houses where people live…
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Bishkek Lab
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The soundscape of Bishkek is very rural despite the fact that it is a real city that does have traffic jams at rush hours. What I hear in the night…
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Bishkek Lab
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The carpets are beautiful. Made of natural materials and in bright colours. Like the people in Kyrgyzstan, who seem to be so soft and welcoming. But then again, it can…
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Bishkek Lab
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You see job offers everywhere in the street. Mostly to sell cosmetics (such as Oriflame or Avon) via direct selling. Body building courses and business classes and everywhere the pink…
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Bishkek Lab
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In between the flatbuildings there are a lot of playgrounds. All iron equipments bit rusty but painted in all the colours of the rainbow as well. It reminds of the…
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Bishkek Lab
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Today at sunday I see a lot of men and women carrying babies under their arms. Most of them sleeping. Not this one. In his hand the man holds a…
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Bishkek Lab
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Specially men squat like this everywhere in public space. Mostly in larger groups and mostly Kirgiz (these men are Russian). Although I do not speak Russian, I could understand the…
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Bishkek Lab
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Waiting for his boss who is smoking and who is waiting for his child to enjoy the snow.…
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Bishkek Lab
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Carpets, bedding and laundry covering all kind of objects in open air. All windows are open. In my guesthouse I meet an ex militairy man from Oekraine…
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Bishkek Lab
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’Hot’ understood like it would be understood everywhere in the world. Written on the building where the actual lessons take place. This writer can use an extra lesson...........…
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Bishkek Lab
Rotterdam -
This kapsalon, the Dutch word for barbershop in the Dordtselaan is called Adem, which means breath in Dutch. In Arabic it is the mens name. The barbershop is filled with…
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Migrationpapa
Bishkek -
The students and I have discussions about whether we do not give a to negative image of Kyrgystan. We picture what catches our eye on the doorstep of where we…
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Bishkek Lab
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Although the men did not want to be pictured they did want to show us their pigeons. I wonder how these people survive the severe winters and the hot summers…
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Bishkek Lab
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Wherever you look there are pipelines in Bishkek. The gas pipes are all above the ground and form arches where ever you enter the innercourt of housing blocks. This here…
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Bishkek Lab
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Right at the start of our first wild walk we find this group of men in this little house. Apparently it is a stage as well. Several rows of benches…
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Bishkek Lab
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Tokio Hotel LOOSERS (noxu) 100 % is read on one of the storehouses. Does the fact that I can only read the English texts make me connect to the underground…
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Bishkek Lab
Rotterdam -
Erwin, the nice guy that I met in the street the other day introduced me to Eric. Eric is a very dedicated Tarwewijker who actively interacts when things happen that…
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Migrationpapa