synopsis
On the borders of Northern Europe, bathed by the Baltic Sea and the Gulf of Finland, stands a proud nation. The history of Estonia is eventful, punctuated by a succession of external dominations.
In 1991, the singing revolution put an end to the Soviet occupation.
The chance of a first order led Jérémie Jung to South Estonia in 2011. Having established friendships there, he returned and began personal work on two Estonian communities with strong identities, whose cultures have been classified as intangible world heritage. humanity by UNESCO.
The Kingdom of Setomaa is a territory balanced on the border between the European Union and the Russian Federation. Whether they are territorial, political, spiritual, religious or even whether they lead from reality to imagination, these borders are omnipresent among the Setos. Their incessant passages from one bank to the other seem to give them strength and determination.
Kihnu, an island in the Gulf of Riga, located an hour from the coast by ferry, has five hundred souls. “Guardians of culture”, the women have been able to revive the soul of the place, far from standards, through clothing, dialect and even music.
Here is a vibrant tribute to the stubbornness and poetry of these two communities in an era of globalization.
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Publisher : Editions Imogène
2018
128 pages
85 color photos
dimensions : 19 x 22 cm
2018
128 pages
85 color photos
dimensions : 19 x 22 cm
about Jérémie Jung
Jérémie Jung is a French photographer with an interest for the Baltic area, a corner of Europe with a high cultural and geopolitical tension.
In 2013 he initiated a long-term project on the Estonian island of Kihnu that was screened during the Night of the Year at the Rencontres d'Arles in 2014, exhibited at the Festival Photo de Mer in Vannes in 2015, at the Musée Albert-Kahn in Boulognes-Billancourt (Paris) and at the Boréales Festival in Normandy in 2016. He continued his work on Estonian identities in 2014 with a subject on the Seto culture that led to an exhibition at the Estonian National Museum, then at the National Institute for Oriental Languages and Civilizations in Paris in 2015, and the following year at the Abbaye aux Dames in Caen. He received the ANI-PixTrakk award during the Festival Visa pour l'image in 2017 for his work about the Seto. In 2018 his photographs about Kihnu and the Seto were exhibited at the Musée d'Orsay in Paris. His first book on his Estonian work entitled "Au Large du Temps" was published in April 2018 (Imogene Editions). In 2019, his work on the Russian-Estonian and the Seto identity border was exhibited at the Rencontres d'Arles within the exhibition Walls of Power.
In 2013 he initiated a long-term project on the Estonian island of Kihnu that was screened during the Night of the Year at the Rencontres d'Arles in 2014, exhibited at the Festival Photo de Mer in Vannes in 2015, at the Musée Albert-Kahn in Boulognes-Billancourt (Paris) and at the Boréales Festival in Normandy in 2016. He continued his work on Estonian identities in 2014 with a subject on the Seto culture that led to an exhibition at the Estonian National Museum, then at the National Institute for Oriental Languages and Civilizations in Paris in 2015, and the following year at the Abbaye aux Dames in Caen. He received the ANI-PixTrakk award during the Festival Visa pour l'image in 2017 for his work about the Seto. In 2018 his photographs about Kihnu and the Seto were exhibited at the Musée d'Orsay in Paris. His first book on his Estonian work entitled "Au Large du Temps" was published in April 2018 (Imogene Editions). In 2019, his work on the Russian-Estonian and the Seto identity border was exhibited at the Rencontres d'Arles within the exhibition Walls of Power.
Jérémie Jung's work is represented by the agency Signatures, maison de photographes since 2013.
Jung has a degree from the Faculté des Arts Plastiques de Strasbourg (France, 2002) and also was trained as a photojournalist at l'EMI-CFD (Paris, 2011).
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Publisher : Editions Imogène
2018 (1st edition)
2018 (1st edition)