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Anton Polyakov

Sukhum divers
About Anton Polyakov

Anton Polyakov (b. 1990, Tiraspol) living and working in his birth city. The small town is the capital of Transnistria – the unrecognized Republic, legally part of Moldova but not actually controlled by it.

The main topics Anton works with are related to the phenomenon of Pridnestrovie and his personal experience of living on this land focusing on different sides of reality. The main medium of Anton's work is photography and its cheap production methods

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  • Sukhum Divers
    Anton Polyakov
    Most documentation of the (widely unrecognized) post-Soviet states like Abkhazia and Transnistria turns them into stereotyped time capsules from the Cold War era. Here, two photographers reveal a different side, focusing on the commonality between young people—no matter their nationality.
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