At all times, people have moved - from place to place, from country to country. And when you move, you take yourself from a familiar place to a new one. But if you look more broadly, there are typical places everywhere on Earth, and you can put yourself in those just as you did before. The second year of my family's life in a new country, in a new city - when all things became more clearer, more familiar, and something partially appropriated. This project is about my sons' 'own' places in Domžale, Slovenia, where we have settled and where we continue to settle and put down some roots.
Lera Zilberstein (born in 1981) is a portrait photographer. She was born in Kazan, Russia. In 2022 she moved with her family to Domžale, Slovenia, where she currently works. In her work, she addresses the themes of interaction between human and nature, self-identification, and childhood. She shoots self-portraits, moments from the life of children, their growing up.
