Red Journey - Nick Hannes

Red Journey reveals the various ways in which former Soviet countries attempt to reshape their national identities after the collapse of the communist empire. Nick Hannes shows a region of contradictions, with extreme wealth amid heartbreaking poverty and unbridled urban renewal, which makes deprived neighborhoods all the more visible and displays new gilded cult images of dictators in a setting of bygone glory.

Nick Hannes studied photography at the KASK in Ghent. With a mix of subtle humor, irony and visual metaphors, he focuses on major social themes such as migration, urbanization and globalization. He had solo exhibitions at FoMu, De Garage and numerous international photo festivals. He received the Zeiss Photography Award in 2017, the Magnum Photography Award in 2018 and a World Press Photo Award in 2023. Nick has been teaching documentary photography at KASK since 2008.