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Yana Pencheva

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Bio

Self-taught photographer with a background in architecture. Born in Bulgaria and currently based in Belgium, her work reflects on the quiet poetics of everyday life, tracing small acts of care, belonging, and the ways we inhabit space.

Country of residence

Belgium

Softness in reflection

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Following the red thread...

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We are all hiding in plain sight, letting the other fill in the blancs.

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The human urge to create.

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A capture of the purest form of love there is: the support and admiration of your mother.

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Can you become modern?

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If we take something whole, a scene, an object, a memory, and break it apart, what remains are fragments. Fragments

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This image is a result of my search for meaning of 'home' in a place wrecked by a housing crisis.

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What is trash for one can be an enchanting playground for another.

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What we choose to preserve from our heritage with aways refuse to blend in with the reality of our ever changing world.

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Documenting the small acts of care that persevere within a rapidly changing world. Acts we have inherited, now ours to