{"product_id":"nostalgia-island-english","title":"Nostalgia Island","description":"\u003cp style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #7552f7;\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003ephotographic essay – only 600 copies \u003cspan style=\"color: rgb(131, 4, 249);\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #7552f7;\"\u003e– in Lithuanian\/English\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e \u003ci\u003eNostalgia Island\u003c\/i\u003e is a return to soviet suburbs whose environment shaped the 1990s generation of post-soviet countries. This photographic essay offers a new look at soviet micro-neighborhoods—not as a place to run from or forget, but as a space of manifold history that still shapes the identity of post-soviet states today.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-end=\"1270\" data-start=\"895\"\u003eTravelling through the contemporary spaces of these sleeping districts, the photographer’s gaze imbues them with emotion—here, color becomes a reflection of the moods found in Kaupinis’ essay. Together, image and text contemplate the ambivalent relationship with one’s place of origin: the desire to escape, and the gradual path toward reconciliation with one’s own identity.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-end=\"1480\" data-start=\"1272\"\u003eNostalgia Island offers an alternative perspective on urban micro-neighborhoods—not as places one must flee or forget, but as spaces of layered history that have shaped, and continue to shape, who we are.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch6\u003eABOUT THE AUTHOR\u003c\/h6\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eImantas Selenis is a prominent Lithuanian photographer known internationally. 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