Lara Bongaerts essaye avec le plus grand respect de transcrire un monde que la société a oublié. Nous ne voulons pas en parler. Ce sont des patients mais avant tout des personnes et nous l’oublions souvent. Tout en justesse, lara vous montre des mots, des images, des rencontres.

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The origin of Maria Dabrowski’s (1988) work can be traced back to documentary photography. Her long-term projects, which portray considerable involvement, are represented in photo-installations and sometimes in book form. Displacement and (cultural) identity are important themes in her work and are expressed through her choice of such subjects as ‘outsiders’, desolate landscapes and stylized interiors. Dabrowski always seeks to reveal a certain tension lurking behind an image that at first sight seems unremarkable. 

Accordingly, for the photobook Every day is a different day (2009) Dabrowski spent months with the Iranian refugee Memed who lived illegally in Utrecht, in the Netherlands, for more than fifteen years. After their first encounter, Dabrowski became curious to find out what was behind the stoic face. This led to plural encounters during which the photographer became more and more a part of his life. 

In Konik (2010) she questions the efforts to restore nature to its 'wild' original state whereby offspring of Konik horses were brought back from Poland to the Netherlands. These 'wild' horses had to meet strict visual and behavioral requirements. 

For her presentation in Recyclart she’s focusing on a new story which further elaborates on the topic of her recent series Back Home (2013) wherein she explores her family history in the Netherlands, Poland and Ukraine.