Bertien van Manen

Provenance

This photo is included in Bertien van Manen’s book 'Let’s sit down before we go’ (2011), selected and sequenced by Stephen Gill. The photos in this book have been made between 1991 and 2009 in Russia, Moldova, Kazachstan, Uzbekistan, Ukraine, Tatarstan, Georgia. The title of these series, ‘Lets’s sit down before we go’, is a metaphor for the subject of the images. An old habit in Russia. Before leaving for a long journey, people sit down for a moment and think about where they will be going and why.

Exhibitions

2013, ‘Let's sit down before we go’, Paris Photo at in camera galerie, Paris, FR

2012, ‘Let’s sit down before we go’, FOAM, Amsterdam NL

Literature

Bertien van Manen, ‘Let’s sit down before we go’ (2011) published by MACK, London