Arabat Spit / Healing Muds by Sergiy Lebedynskyy
Lumiere Photo
100 College Ave.
Jan 2, 6:00 pm - 9:00 pm

This young Ukrainian photographer, a founding member of the Shilo photo group (2010), uses a traditional basic Ukrainian spa as a metaphor for the current state of his country, stuck between a certain nostalgia for the previous system and looking with apprehension toward an uncertain future. In a present that has seen the emergence of deep financial discrepancies between people, some find refuge in traditions, old myths and recipes. The photographer, a PhD in physics otherwise, used a panoramic camera (Horizon) and outdated photographic paper from the Soviet era to better emphasize his approach. Exhibition continues through January 2 – 31, 2015.