Javier Jennings MozoinStories while in the BalkansA supermarket in a small Bulgarian town: one week, one placeBlagoevgrad is a small Bulgarian town located 100km south of Sofia (the capital of the country). The town is famous for being the home of…Apr 30, 2020Apr 30, 2020
Javier Jennings MozoinStories while in the BalkansI can’t change the rulesI stopped spitting for a second. In the toilet, the whole dinner from the night before, or what was left of it. I had eaten an excessive…Apr 30, 2020Apr 30, 2020
Javier Jennings MozoinStories while in the BalkansThe other side of segregation: Roma in BulgariaA bulldozer starts demolishing the first house. Or shack. Then the next one. And the next. There are orders to follow, and the job is…Apr 29, 20201Apr 29, 20201
Javier Jennings MozoinStories while in the BalkansBulgarian ultranationalism and the spread of Alt Right across EuropeThey all raised their torches. Together. The silence was overwhelming. The noise of the fire cracking and their breaths in the cold night…Mar 29, 2020Mar 29, 2020
Javier Jennings MozoinStories while in the BalkansPolitics in Bulgaria: shifting from a conservative government to a progressive oneIt is not a mystery that politics, whether we like it or not, have become a major issue both in media and in our daily lives. Staying away…Mar 28, 2020Mar 28, 2020
Javier Jennings MozoinStories while in the BalkansThe Balkans: a place where local poverty, refugees fleeing war and privileged western tourists…I’m taking a picture of a monument, when someone suddenly asks “Bist du Deustch? (Are you German?).” The guy who had just sped up to get…Mar 7, 20201Mar 7, 20201
Javier Jennings MozoinStories while in the BalkansCooking one’s-self: from homeless to a professional pizza chefIvo stops for a split second. His job is tiring, his face shows. His usual funny and positive expression suddenly changes. He is thinking…Feb 9, 2020Feb 9, 2020
Javier Jennings MozoinStories while in the BalkansFaces of BlagoevgradA series of portraits of the different generations of Blagoevgrad, a small Bulgarian town located 100km south of Sofia. Shot in September…Feb 5, 2020Feb 5, 2020