Rozė
According to local legend, Rozė has been walking the streets of Vilnius' Old Town dressed to the nines and asking for money since Soviet times. Living over 20km away and travelling to 'work' each day by train, a commuting beggar resembling a derelict tsarina is the sort of thing that could only happen in Lithuania. Both pictures (click the thumbnail below to open the image) were taken using different mobile phones.
I'm an English documentary photographer and curator working on several projects in the former Soviet Union that include both the taking and collecting of photographs. My photographic practice focuses on the veiled peculiarities of everyday life and is becoming increasingly concerned with the minefield of Soviet-related history and its contemporary aftermath. My work features in books and magazines, has won competitions, receives funding from a number of sources and is regularly bought by private collectors.
