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A minimalist two-page book spread for pages 4 and 5. The left page features the red titles Introduction and Баш сөз. The right page displays two parallel columns of text, one in English and the other in a Cyrillic script, which describes Kyrgyzstan.
A two-panel photo spread. On the left, two young boys are in a bedroom with pink walls, one sitting on the edge of a bed looking at the camera. On the right, a woman in a pink t-shirt stands at a window, adjusting a sheer pink curtain with a floral pattern.
A two-page spread from a publication. The left page is blank. The right page features a full-bleed photograph of a young woman with vibrant red hair and a young man sitting together on a simple bed in a sparsely furnished room. The wall behind them is covered with numerous sketches and drawings. Both individuals look directly at the camera with neutral expressions.
A shirtless person with a buzz cut and numerous tattoos stands with their arms crossed in front of a textured, bright blue wall. They wear green cargo pants and look directly at the camera with a serious expression. Notable tattoos include a large cross on the chest, rifles on the forearms, and a spiderweb on an elbow. The image is on the left page of a book spread.
A color photograph of a rural roadside on a sunny day. Two people are looking under the open hood of a red sports car parked next to a large, blue monument with Cyrillic text. In the background, rolling green hills and mountains rise under a clear blue sky.
A two-panel photo layout. On the left, a man in a gray suit is seen from behind, holding a white embroidered Kalpak hat in his hands. On the right, a woman in a blue apron stands inside a covered food alley with a cobblestone floor and a neon sign in the background.
A diptych. On the left, two female gas station attendants in green uniforms stand together at dusk, one whispering in the other's ear. On the right, a solid red background features the words Texts, Words, and Thoughts written in both English and Cyrillic script.
A two-page spread, pages 44 and 45, from a publication with a solid red background and black text. The content is presented bilingually in English and a language using the Cyrillic alphabet. The pages feature a poem titled Live Your Dreams and a personal story titled Missing Grandmother, discussing family, loss, and migration.
A two-page spread of an academic article, pages 46 and 47, with white text on a bright red background. The article, titled The Role of Kinship in the Context of Migration, is presented in a two-column format, with the English text on the left and a translation in a Cyrillic script on the right.
A silver sedan and a dog stand in a vast, snow-covered plain under a cloudy sky. In the background, a range of tall, snow-capped mountains stretches across the horizon. The image is on a book page with the caption, Song Kul in Summer—A Snowy Surprise.
A two-page spread from a book. The left page shows two young children in winter clothes riding together on a dark horse in a mountain valley. The right page shows a view of a similar mountain landscape with a lake, seen through a window from a dark room.
A two-page book spread. The right page shows a photograph of a person in a cap and hoodie crouching in a grassy, hilly field to milk a large, dark, horned cow into a metal bucket. A calf stands in the muddy foreground. The left page is white with text captions.
A two-page book spread with two photographs. On the left, a wide shot shows two people sitting in a vast, dry grassy field with a large metal sign and mountains in the distance. On the right, a young girl in a pink hat lies on lush green grass, looking up from a notebook, with a large canvas tent behind her.
Louise Amelie
Missing Member: Kyrgyzstan-A Country on the Move
€ 44.00
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Edited by: Darja A. Nesterowa
Graphic Design: Moritz Borchardt
Author: Mahabat Sadyrbek
Artist: Louise Amelie Müller
Texts by: Darja A. Nesterowa
English, Russian
June 2023, 144 Pages, 61 Photos
Hardcover
238mm x 308mm
ISBN: 978-3-7757-5557-3

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Louise Amelie's documentary photo series is an artistic exploration of the global phenomenon of migration and its many facets, which are often ignored in European migration politics. Migration has always been an integral part of human experience and will continue to be. Yet in public discourse it is presented as an aberration, while the existence of nation-state borders is hardly ever questioned. On the globe, Kyrgyzstan nestles inconspicuously next to Kazakhstan and China, but on the ground the vastness and heights of the mountains seem endless. In contrast to the natural beauty, prefabricated housing estates spring up in the capital, Bishkek. Here lives a young population that, despite all the adversities of post-Soviet reality, faces the world with great confidence. In a collection of portraying texts and photographs that foreground the individual stories, the book is an expression of solidarity and empathy, and shows that migration can mean both an opportunity as well as the painful loss of a beloved Missing Member.

The artistic focus of director and photographer LOUISE AMELIE (*1991, Berlin) is on documentary and street photography. Her series, shot in the USA between 2016 and 2020, have been exhibited internationally and have been awarded the German Photo Book Prize and the Belfast Photo Festival. Since 2021, she has been exploring the theme of post-Soviet identity and migration in Central Asia, spending two and a half months in Kyrgyzstan for this project.
EXHIBITION
Berlin Bishkek Art Weeks, Berlin, May 12-28, 2023
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