Ivan Blažev je imao nesvakidašnju mogućnost da u okviru jednog projekta radi zajedno s grupom učenika u razdoblju vrlo dramatičnom za Makedoniju, od 2002. – 2003. godine, kad su se putem radionica povezivali mladi ljudi različitih entiteta. Fotografirao ih je, a nakon toga i zapisao: "Oni su imali razloge zbog kojih su bili tamo i htjeli su da ih netko čuje, a ja sam se na neki način trudio da im dam prostora u kojem će se čuti njihov glas, trudio sam se da njihove priče izađu izvan učionice. Fotografija kao glas. Ali ponekad tišina fotografije može biti tako neprobojna. Zato ne kao glas, nego više kao bljesak, kratka svjetlost koja će privući pažnju.
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Ivan Blažev had a rare opportunity to work on a project with a group of pupils during a very dramatic period for Macedonia in 2002 and 2003, when young people of different entities were connecting through workshops. He took photographs of them and later on he wrote: ‘They had their reasons to be there and they wanted somebody to hear them, and I was somehow trying to give them space in which their voices will be heard and a way for their stories to leave the classroom. A photograph as voice. But sometimes, the silence of a photograph can be so impenetrable. Therefore, not voice, but more a spark, a short light that will draw attention.
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