The Other Slovakia

The publication The Other Slovakia captures the view of photographer Andrej Ban on the real face of our country. Andrej Ban does not present himself as a reporter, as a photojournalist, he is not offering us the illustrations of his journeys. Nevertheless his photographs capture events: the bonfires of sovereignty celebrating Slovakia´s independence as a state, the consecration of a church, pilgrimages, religious services, folklore festivals, summer camps, festivities, games, public gatherings.

Andrej Ban does not show Slovakia as a country out of the glossy catalogues introducing the potential visitor to this „hitherto undiscovered jewel in Central Europe“. He does not offer us a poetic stylisation of a beautiful, god-blessed country between the Danube and the Tatras, adorned with rocky peaks, fertile fields and picturesque valleys. He does not lure us into an ethnographic museum of „unspoiled Slovakia“, populated by a proud, hard-working and God-fearing nation. He does not roam with us through a Slovakia dotted with sacral and secular monuments in a variety of styles, from little Romanesque churches and Gothic altars to medieval castles and Baroque manor houses to old mines, glassworks, little railways, haylofts or well-kept old wooden houses. He does not beckon us to a Slovakia represented by its capital, Bratislava. Neverthelesshe does show us an interesting and fascinating country – a country of rest and refuge for pilgrims, a country that once formed the border between two worlds, but also a country neglected and abandoned.

Language: English

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