Background information
The images from the rural regions of the Republic of Moldova in the photo book 'Realitatea' by Andrea DIEFENBACH are a journey through time to a place that has been in an identity crisis since its independence 30 years ago. This visual inventory is already her second book about the country torn between the EU and Russia, stagnation and progress, corruption and the rule of law. Content
The color photographs by German photographer Andrea DIEFENBACH testify to calm, sometimes whimsical observations as well as great empathy for Moldova and its people's attitude to life. In their unagitatedness, the pictures adapt to the tempo of Moldovan everyday life, which oscillates between upheaval and stagnation. The photo volume 'Realitatea' contains photographic vignettes from a country in a state of limbo as well as facsimiles of Moldovan newspapers and texts that place the photographs in the context of the political events of the past ten years." (slightly adapted text, © Hartmann Projects, 2022)