From Lia: “Searching for My Roots” is about a village in Bulgaria. During the Great World War, my grandparents were forced to leave their village, Akalan. They settled in Northern Greece. One hundred years later, my family and I decided to reverse the route of our ancestors. The village was almost abandoned.
The last residents
There is no bus stopping here
Black bow on a white door
Wood and wire
The old bench
About the artist: Lia Mageira is a Greek photographer who graduated from The University of West Attica. Her art has appeared in Spectaculum Magazine, Private Review Magazine, Press Pause Press Magazine, The Sunlight Press, Zoetic Press, Mud Season Review, Edge of Humanity Magazine, Orion Magazine, and others. She was the cover artist in Typehouse Magazine, Rivanna Review Josephine Quarterly Art and Poetry Journal, and Absynthe Magazine. She was also nominated for the Best of the Net 2020-2021 awards.
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