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Vic Bakin Past Imperfect, Present Tense

Much of the work of the Ukrainian photographer Vic Bakin explores the nature of fading and of becoming. In his early work he captured that brief period when an adolescent male reaches maturity – images that suggest the crosscurrents of newfound physicality and the undertow of uncertainty, of vulnerability.

As Russia’s full-scale invasion plunged Ukraine into outright war, he began a body of work that was to become ‘Epitome’. Recently published in book form, this award-winning series is an evocation of fading memories haunted by present realities. An elegy on a coming of age overwhelmed by the coming of war, of the landscapes of youth laid waste.

Vic Bakin discusses his expressively layered images at Talking Pictures.

© Vic Bákin

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