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One photo a day on the crutches
The playful Instagram task ‘One photo a day on the crutches’ helped me recover from a hip surgery to improve my ‘hip dysplasia’. All photos were taken by Iphone in Hackney Downs Park, London. It took me a few days to get out of the hospital bed but once I was discharged, caught up with…
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The importance of healing
2 years today since my hip surgery, the words of the Nigerian poet Ijeoma Umebinyuo come to mind: “You see, in a culture like ours, we were never taught the importance of healing, we were only taught to survive. Not heal. Bury, survive.” Recovery Song is the handmade book of my recovery process from the…
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Russian sketches
Countryside Urban
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Seaside: inside outside
© Asya Gefter
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Autumnal sketches