Lens Theory #1 – Abigail Mengesha

Here, a stationed tank and rock barricades. There, one boy’s smirk flashing against the backdrop of patchy fields. Look away and they vanish. Look again and the armed children still look back

Lens Theory #2 – Abigail Mengesha

In the middle of the caving cottage, you are trapped in. In the middle of their one-arm embrace, the girl and her father are also captives. Unlike yours, their shackles don’t break by averting the eyes.

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