The series she presents “Days of war: a pillow book” is a diary about waiting. “War and Waiting start with the same letter. I am not the mother of a soldier, neither am I the wife of a soldier. But I know what one feels when the beloved one goes to war”: her project is based on a personal experience. Staying in Moscow, she was not able to follow her partner who had gone to cover the war in Libya as a journalist. To fight her worries and her despair, she started making self-portrait of her life on a daily basis, she then drew a parallel with what happened in Libya. The text, voluntarily very formal, like newspapers headlines, contrasts with the photographs, very intimate, recounting the story of her inner space.
Born in Moscow, Russia in 1986, Maria Pleshkova is a documentary photographer. After studying photojournalism in Moscow at the university and at the school of visual arts, she received the Young Russian Photographers award in 2012. This same year she was honored at the International Photography Awards. Her work has been exhibited in Russia and in France, more particularly in 2012 in Arles within the opening fairs. She now works as a freelance photographer for several agencies.
EXPOSITION
Days of war: a pillow book
Festival Circulation(s)
February 22 – March 31, 2013
Parc de Bagatelle
Paris, France
