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There is a bear in the woods.
For some people, the bear is easy to see. Others don’t see it at all.
Some people say the bear is tame. Others say it’s vicious and dangerous.
Since no one can really be sure who’s right,
isn’t it smart to be as strong as the bear?
If there is a bear.
14/36
Her face puffy from lack of sleep, peered down at the springs, rods and other parts of a disassembled assault rifle spread before her. At last, midway through one of this country’s peculiar, grueling events known as patrol competitions, she had come upon an easy task. Already, she and her three teammates had put out a fire, ridden a horse, identified medicinal herbs from the forest and played hide-and-seek with gun-wielding “enemies” in the woods at night.
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The protesters carry posters, which read “This is not reform, this is repression”
“Sovereign power belongs to people. We are people. We are deciding,”
“Ukraine. Brexit. Catalonia. Europe, do you want another problem?”
“For Native Language. For Russian schools. For our children,”
“No to assimilation,” “Stop Ethnic Discrimination.”
2/36
There is a bear in the woods.
For some people, the bear is easy to see.
Others don’t see it at all.
Some people say the bear is tame.
Others say it’s vicious and dangerous.
Since no one can really be sure who’s right,
isn’t it smart to be as strong as the bear?
If there is a bear.
The Buzzer
14/36
Her face puffy from lack of sleep, peered down at the springs, rods and other parts of a disassembled assault rifle spread before her. At last, midway through one of this country’s peculiar, grueling events known as patrol competitions, she had come upon an easy task. Already, she and her three teammates had put out a fire, ridden a horse, identified medicinal herbs from the forest and played hide-and-seek with gun-wielding “enemies” in the woods at night.
The Buzzer
26/36
The protesters carry posters, which read “This is not reform, this is repression”
“Sovereign power belongs to people. We are people. We are deciding,”
“Ukraine. Brexit. Catalonia. Europe, do you want another problem?”
“For Native Language. For Russian schools. For our children,”
“No to assimilation,”
“Stop Ethnic Discrimination.”
The Buzzer
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© National Archives of Estonia – Rahvusarhiiv for some archival images
In 2019 the dummy was shortlisted for the MACK First Book Award, Unseen Dummy Award and Fiebre Dummy Award, being exhibited at Photo London, Unseen Amsterdam and Fiebre Photobook Festival.
2015–2019
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© National Archives of Estonia – Rahvusarhiiv for some archival images
The dummy was shortlisted for the Unseen Dummy Award, Fiebre Dummy Award and MACK First Book Award in 2019, and exhibited at Unseen Amsterdam, Fiebre Madrid and Photo London.
2015–2019