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Albanians and Albania, in the eyes of a German photographer, came to the “Marubi” National Photo Gallery through an exhibition by Jutta Benzenberg and under the care of curator Kim Knoppers.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n
The images and stories narrated create a kind of biography of our country from 1991 when the photographer met Albania for the first time until today.<\/p>\n
“In my exhibition you will find different characters which are already part of my personality. Why do I photograph so much in Albania? Because here people are open to show their emotions and I want to be close to them, it fulfills me. I come from Germany and there I was taught not to show my emotions, which is wrong according to me and that’s why I chose Albania, to awaken and show my emotions again. People ask me why after 30 years I am in Albania? I ask myself too. A wise Albanian woman told me: you cannot leave, you have been photographing Albanians for 30 years and already your heart and mind are here.”<\/em><\/p>\n Benzenberg, highlights the moment of photographing one of the last brides in our country.<\/p>\n “When foreign journalists come to Albania and meet burnesha women, they want to highlight their masculine side, but I told myself NO. I wanted to show something else, but I didn’t know how to do it myself. I left everything to chance. When I make portraits I want to bring out the spiritual part of people. I started talking to her, I tried to change her hair style a little and slowly she got free, she was calmer, it brought out her femininity. It turned back into a female, but as soon as I took the picture and finished it, the man I met at the beginning immediately returned. That was the most special.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n The exhibition “Albania in focus: now, since 1991…”, which was brought up thanks to the support of the German and Dutch embassies, will remain open to all art lovers until the month of November.<\/p>\n \n<\/p>\n top channel
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