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11 images Created 7 Jan 2014

Taking the portrait is always the struggle between the subject and the photographer. Subject wants to show the best for him/her (and the same time fake ) face, whereas the photographer wants to catch the true (in his imagination) face. Usually the porter is a mixture of these behaviours. So, I decided to give the opportunity to my subjects to show as much of the mask they put on, as possible.
I have pictured 70 politicians - members of the European Parliament during recent months. I set up a studio in the corridors of the EP headquarters and asked the most visually distinctive EU politicians to pose in front of my large format camera. I told them that I was searching for the moment when they show 100% of the public (not the private) face. I wanted to see the body language of each politician and wanted to picture the moment when they play the role of a public person. Politicians who posed for me had a cable release in their hands and they could decide when the picture is taken. Every person had only one chance to shoot the selfie.

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  • Susy DE MARTINI, Member of European Parliament ( MEP )  pictured at the temporary studio created in the corridors of European Parliament  headquarters in Strasbourg, France  December 2013 by Wiktor Dabkowski
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  • Mitro REPO, Member of European Parliament ( MEP )  pictured at the temporary studio created in the corridors of European Parliament  headquarters in Strasbourg, France  on November 2013 by Wiktor Dabkowski
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  • Bernd POSSELT, Member of European Parliament ( MEP )  pictured at the temporary studio created in the corridors of European Parliament  headquarters in Strasbourg, France  on December 2013 by Wiktor Dabkowski
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  • Jean-Jacob BICEP, Member of European Parliament ( MEP )  pictured at the temporary studio created in the corridors of European Parliament  headquarters in Strasbourg, France  November 2013 by Wiktor Dabkowski
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  • Brice HORTEFEUX, Member of European Parliament ( MEP )  pictured at the temporary studio created in the corridors of European Parliament  headquarters in Strasbourg, France  December 2013 by Wiktor Dabkowski
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  • Jerzy Buzek, Member of European Parliament ( MEP )  pictured at the temporary studio created in the corridors of European Parliament  headquarters in Strasbourg, France  on November 2013 by Wiktor Dabkowski
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  • Marisa MATIAS, Member of European Parliament ( MEP )  pictured at the temporary studio created in the corridors of European Parliament  headquarters in Strasbourg, France  on December 2013 by Wiktor Dabkowski
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  • Paolo de Castro, Member of European Parliament ( MEP )  pictured at the temporary studio created in the corridors of European Parliament  headquarters in Strasbourg, France  on November 2013 by Wiktor Dabkowski
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  • Tarja CRONBERG, Member of European Parliament ( MEP )  pictured at the temporary studio created in the corridors of European Parliament  headquarters in Strasbourg, France December 2013  by Wiktor Dabkowski
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  • Nigel FARAGE, Member of European Parliament ( MEP )  pictured at the temporary studio created in the corridors of European Parliament  headquarters in Strasbourg, France  on December 2013 by Wiktor Dabkowski
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  • Elena BÄ‚SESCU, Member of European Parliament ( MEP )  pictured at the temporary studio created in the corridors of European Parliament  headquarters in Strasbourg, France November 2013  by Wiktor Dabkowski
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