Kristijan Evgo

I was intrigued by photography in my youth, looking at my dad taking photos, taking the film to be developed at the local lab and coming back the next day to pick up the photos. To me, photography is an escape, a way to take time to self-reflect, almost like meditation. Getting in-sync with my subconscious where creativity dwells. Photography is not my profession but rather something I love doing, it’s deeply personal. A way to express my inner feelings or my thoughts and views on what’s happening around me. Freezing moments as a testament to the world I lived in.
I graduated from Ss. Cyril and Methodius University in Skopje with a bachelor's degree in Art History and Archaeology. I was always surrounded by art growing up with a musician father and through my formal education. Being emotional and introvert I have a strong feeling for the ephemeral world around us, the climate change and the human neglect. So I take photographs of my reality, my surroundings, the places I grew up in and truly love, the people and places in the cities I live in or visit. Looking at the work of the photographers who I deem my mentors (W.Eugene Smith, Josef Koudelka, Boris Smelov) it becomes evident how the world has changed since their time, their reality. So I know, the reality of my son will be very different from my reality today. This thought drives me through my work and gives me inspiration to document my reality as a legacy of my time on Earth but also to encourage the people, the communities to demand a change of practice from their governments. To raise awareness of certain conditions and stimulate change.