Biography:
Tatsiana Chypsanava is a documentary photographer based in Aotearoa New Zealand. Born in Belarus and a descendant of the Komi peoples of the Siberian North West Ural, she is a member of Diversify Photo and Women Photograph, both groups that...
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Skills:Research, Translator, Image Archiving, Digital Printing, Film Scanning, Apple Final Cut Pro, Coding CSS, Coding HTML, Black & White Printing, Photojournalism, Retouching, Video Editing, Film Photography
The second-oldest collection of Māori artefacts in the world—exceeded only by the one amassed by James Cook—is held in Russia. These 200-year-old treasures have immense value to iwi at the top of the South Island, whose ancestors traded with Russian explorers. Now, there’s a movement to bring these taonga home.