The Traces (2001-2008) by Grigoriy Yaroshenko (November 14, 2009) 
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It took a little while for the work presented here to grow on me. Initially, the stark contrast was somewhat overwhelming and I could not see the forest for the trees. Then, looking at the first photograph again, I suddenly realized I was looking at a world in which even the sun seems to be manmade. To me, Grigory situates human life on an abstract stage. It is impossible for the human eye to see these scenes in the harsh contrast in which Grigory presents them. Nonetheless, it is easy to connect to the work on an emotional level and to feel joy or sadness watching it.
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I have been working on this project for eight years now and it’s probably not finished yet. It consists of several different series, photographed from 2001 to 2008.
Only now I have decided to compile them into the exhibition called The Traces.
Maybe, in the course of time, there will be fewer Traces left, some of them may be taken out, but for now I want to show them.
The Traces aims at finding a new perspective on something that you are already connected to.
The Traces are memories of situations that are not here anymore, unstable witnesses of the past. Things that left impressions in your memory like the footprints do in wet sand.
Grigoriy Yaroshenko (1971) lives and works in Moscow, Russia.
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Very, very good.