In eastern European countries more than 90% of the people live in places they own. In western countries it's around 45%, the others have to work to pay rent.... #ratrace

Since many years I visit small villages and put up my mobile portrait studio. Shot on a 4x5 film that was last produced in 2002, only one negative per portrait, I develop and print the pictures on site in my bus. It is an amazing experience, to first hand the picture to the person depicted (before showing it to the world).

I take portraits of people with whom I have good encounters; an interesting story, a shared cigarette, a bottle of vodka, or both; maybe they helped me, maybe I helped them. These are my holy people!

more from this series:

Oleksi

Grandma and her Twin Granddaughters

Iuri

Nelli with her Grandchildren

Damien

Evil Grandma

Holy Family

Andre

^{These are my pictures; I usually find them during extensive roadtrips with the Bus}