Where’s the Afters?, 2020 - 2022
It started with curiosity and a desire to be active, continued with enthusiasm and perseverance, and ended with relief and reassurance.
Over almost two years, I have photographed many people participating in protests. To give them a voice, I have tried to gather their experience of the protests, and I have included some of their accounts in the book.
The incredible perseverance of the protesters I observed during this time shows a great desire for change and a different future. The most valuable lesson I have learned in these two years is that the individual who joins a broader community has the power and, ultimately, the responsibility to influence their own and the shared future. Active engagement, which doesn’t necessarily have to be only through protest, is the only solution to living together in a friendly or at least more understanding environment.
It’s an environment where most of us will not be on one or the other edge of a precipice and where there will not be a huge gaping hole of numbness, anxiety and hatred in between. It is a place where honesty, understanding and collegiality are possible.
I want the protests to lead to changes that will allow us to live in a more tolerant environment where the police do not tear gas children’s playgrounds. Have we learned anything in this period? Will we be able to deal with future crises sensibly and humanely? What next? Where’s the Afters?
Exhibition, Museum of Contemporary Histroy of Slovenia, 2023
Curator: Tina Fortič Jakopič
The photobook Where’s the Afters?, was shortlisted at The Rencontres d’Arles Book Awards.
The photograph of a police officer with a fogged-up visor received the Watchdog Award for Outstanding Achievements in Photojournalism.