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Background information
"The 'My Dear Vira' photo book by Maryna BRODOVSKA is a letter addressed her childhood friend, who emigrated to the United States over eight years ago. A nostalgic story of friendship and true love, made as some kind of a photo-diary. New life circumstances emerge and dear people disappear. With the illusion of communication and 'friendship' with hundreds of strangers in social networks, we lose true intimate contact with those, who are truly important. In this project, Maryna BRODOVSKA shows the moments from real life: from time, when she and her friend Vira shared the room together in student dormitory, till today, when they leave their adult life in different counties, separately but still trying not to lose their connection, thanks to social networks and new ways of communication.
Content
The photo book 'My Dear Vira' by Maryna BRODOVSKA is full of funny and dramatic moments and build on contradictions and comparisons. Using bright graphic elements, stickers the photo artist invite reader to immerse into a story and to recall his/her own emotions and memories about dear people, with whom the connection was lost." (slightly adapted text, © Maryna BRODOVSKA)