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Soatanana

Head On Photo Festival 2024
Denys Kutsevalov
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Denys Kutsevalov
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Location: TAFE NSW - Ultimo, Building C, Harris Street, Ultimo NSW, Australia
Entry Fee: Free
Exhibition Event:
Official Opening 22/11/2024 6:00 pm

Mystery unfolds right in front of my eyes when I enter Soatanana village. A large procession, everyone wearing white and singing religious hymns, moves towards the local church. It feels like I am an unwelcomed outsider, who will ruin the solemn moment by the sound of a camera shutter. Is it even possible to capture this divine light, this overwhelming feeling of being inside this sacral celebration?

But for these people, I’m just a nomadic wanderer, no matter with the camera or without it. So they humbly do whatever the church teaches them. They invite me to join the worship and share the meal afterwards. They are keen to wash my feet — right as their holy teacher would do.

And it feels even more marvellous when you realise that this truly biblical story revives here, right in the middle of rural highland Madagascar.

Denys Kutsevalov

Ukrainian photographer, designer, traveller, author of ‘nomads.wtf’. He has been practising photography for 12 years with a focus on travel, conservation, nature & wildlife, indigenous people & culture. He visited 40 countries across different continents, exploring and documenting these subjects. For the past 10 years, he has been living and working in South East Asia.

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Location: TAFE NSW - Ultimo, Building C, Harris Street, Ultimo NSW, Australia
Entry Fee: Free
Exhibition Event:
Official Opening 22/11/2024 6:00 pm
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