Yelena Yemchuk – УYY Conceptual It gestures towards the idea

It gestures towards the idea of photography as an act of inherent scrutiny and of pinpointing and fixing its ostensible and complicated subject

dans la lumière et la noirceur

When I moved to NYC as an artist

Her expressive collages recall her childhood neighbourhoods and the family business of muscle-car counter-culture in Queens

Stored solar energy

Yelena Yemchuk – УYY Conceptual It gestures towards the ideaYY is an acronym for Yelena Yemchuk, meaning the Slavic word for Ukraine, followed by the name of the Kyiv born author of the present book. Given the misleading resemblance between and Y, the title may at first appear to be why why why. The publishing project brings together the author's photographs, paintings and personal archives to bring out the essential elements of her wide ranging and heterogeneous research. The storys time is disjointed in