Nick St.Oegger

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www.stoeggerphotography.com/
   
Not a Country for Dreams
Stories (13)
Location: Tirana, Albania
Biography: Nick St.Oegger is a documentary photographer and writer, whose interest in storytelling and the natural world was formed during childhood journeys with his mountaineer grandfather. His work explores the relationship between people and place,... read on
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Not a Country for Dreams
Copyright Nick St.Oegger 2022
Updated Jan 2022
Location Albania
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2017 marked 25 years since the end of communist rule in Albania. Once considered the "North Korea of Europe”, the country was isolated under a brutal regime, following centuries of occupation by the Ottoman Empire, Italy and Nazi Germany. These shifting influences have left Albania with something of an identity crisis as it adapts its historic alignment with the East to a new Europe dominated by the West. This project looks at Albania today, ostensibly on a path towards EU membership, while still struggling with issues of organised crime, corruption, emigration and the heavy weight of the past.  
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The Vjosa: Portraits of Life on Europe's Last Wild River

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The Big Impact of Small-Scale Hydropower

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The Lament of the Mountains

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Medjugorje

By Nick St.Oegger / Bosnia and Herzegovina — In the southwest of Bosnia and Herzegovina, the town of Medjugorje has been a site of Catholic pilgrimage..
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The Big Smoke

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By Nick St.Oegger / Wales — Bypassed is an exploration of the lasting effects of the M4 motorway on the physical and psychological..
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Sarajevo Coppersmithing for Co/Rizom

By Nick St.Oegger / Bosnia and Herzegovina — I was commissioned to document the work of Nermina Aliā‡, one of a handful of traditional coppersmiths in..
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Albanian Bunkers for Nieuwe Revu

By Nick St.Oegger / Albania — Under the regime of Enver Hoxha, hundreds of thousands of military bunkers were constructed in Albania from..
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Dubrovnik for Culture Trip x British Airways

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Tirana for Culture Trip x British Airways

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Down in the Dumps

By Nick St.Oegger / Montenegro — Until its closure in 2018, the Konik refugee camp in Montenegro was Europe’s longest operating refugee..
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