Diana Takacsova

Photographer
    
A Tribute to Spomeniks
Location: Ostend, Belgium
Nationality: Slovak
Biography: Diana Takacsova is a photographer and visual storyteller. Bringing together rigorous research and a deep interest in personal narratives, her work revolves around questions of identity, physical and emotional connection to place, migration, and... MORE
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A Tribute to Spomeniks
Copyright Diana Takacsova 2024
Updated May 2020
Location Balkans
Topics Abandonment, Arts, Historical, Isolation, Photography, Spotlight, Travel
Across countries, getting lost in small villages and forgotten hills, in the footsteps of the captivating witnesses of time. Giant sculptures commemorating battles and the (not so distant) past, still beautiful and evocative. The Yugoslavian war memorials are trying to resist all: the destructive power of nature, people and the fact, that they have been left to decay.

Listen to my radio feature about the Yugoslavian Monuments in Slovak on Soundcloud.
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