TONI AGAINST MY LIVINGROOM WALL, Hamburg, Germany 2009
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Toni came by the street of my gallery in the summer with two cousins and somehow we started to chat and then they came in. They are gypsies from Macedonia. I was afraid they would steal something. I think that seeing my work was an unusual event for them. Months later, Toni came back. He wanted a foto taken for his girlfriend in the style which he called “unrecognizable” which I understood meant long exposure and which he admired in some of my other work. So, he came later in the day to my flat. He is seventeen and at the time his girlfriend was pregnant. By now she has had the child and they are married and have moved to Toni´s parents in Amsterdam, where he wants to continue his studies and get his own flat. I suppose the marriage was arranged. He once came over unexpectedly with a cousin from Paris after this shot and I happened to have two friends from Macedonia visiting. We had an interesting night although I missed much of what was said in their language. Toni and his friend do not drink but like to smoke.
