Virgilius Šonta : School is my home. Mokykla – mano namai

Aus dem Text von Adam Mazur:

„Šonta spent three years photographing the life of a boarding school for children with special needs. He is with them in morning, as they make their sleepy way to wash in a sordid bathroom. He is with them over the course of the day, as they sit at their desks learning geography, their eyes fixed on a teacher standing in front of a huge map of the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics and the portrait of Lenin which hangs above it. He is there as they get ready for bed, walking along windowsills, nudging, jostling and hugging as a sign of friendship. He is there in the spring, as the apple trees blossom and the children gaze up at the sky and the sun peeping out from behind the clouds. The power of this material lies in the frankly relentless contrast it sets up between the innocence of childhood and the realities of the special needs school. At the same time, to a lesser extent, it is about highlighting the absurd clash of abnormal children with the normal world of a totalitarian state.“

Buchinfo:

Virgilius Šonta:
School is my home. Mokykla – mano namai

Kaunas 2018, Kaunas Photography Gallery
ISBN 978-609-8099-29-4, offener Rücken, Umschlag mit Klappen
136 Seiten, 99 Abbildungen in S/W, 21,5 cm x 26,5 cm