The early 90s through the eyes of Bertin van Manen

Before releasing her first photo book, A Hundred Summers A Hundred Winters, photographer Bertien van Manen traveled and photographed people's daily lives on a point-and-shoot camera for over three years.

What at first glance may seem like gross errors and lack of quality in the photographs (exposed edges, inaccurate focusing or flash flare) actually gives an idea of Manen’s desire to capture the moment, to capture, not to miss what is happening in front of her.

Vlada, Kazan, Tatarstan, 1992. (© Bertien van Manen, Courtesy of the Artist and the Yancey Richardson Gallery, New York)

Camp near Lake Baikal, 1993. (© Bertien van Manen, Courtesy of the Artist and the Yancey Richardson Gallery, New York)

Lena and Styopa, Odessa, 1992. (© Bertien van Manen, Courtesy of the Artist and the Yancey Richardson Gallery, New York)

Odessa, Primorsky Boulevard, 1992. (© Bertien van Manen, Courtesy of the Artist and the Yancey Richardson Gallery, New York)

Lyalya, Odessa, 1991. (© Bertien van Manen, Courtesy of the Artist and the Yancey Richardson Gallery, New York)

Avtandil with friends, Caucasus, Georgia, 1993. (© Bertien van Manen, Courtesy of the Artist and the Yancey Richardson Gallery, New York)

Beach on Baikal, 1993. (© Bertien van Manen, Courtesy of the Artist and the Yancey Richardson Gallery, New York)

Vasilievsky Mokh, Russia, 1993. (© Bertien van Manen, Courtesy of the Artist and the Yancey Richardson Gallery, New York)

Masha, Ivtsino, Russia, 1991. (© Bertien van Manen, Courtesy of the Artist and the Yancey Richardson Gallery, New York)

Shamanovskaya, bride, 1992. (© Bertien van Manen, Courtesy of the Artist and the Yancey Richardson Gallery, New York)

Novokuznetsk photographers, 1993. (© Bertien van Manen, Courtesy of the Artist and the Yancey Richardson Gallery, New York)

Novokuznetsk cinema, 1991. (© Bertien van Manen, Courtesy of the Artist and the Yancey Richardson Gallery, New York)

Father Nikolai, Vasilievsky Mokh, Russia, 1994. (© Bertien van Manen, Courtesy of the Artist and the Yancey Richardson Gallery, New York)

Peter with his family, Apanas, 1993. (© Bertien van Manen, Courtesy of the Artist and the Yancey Richardson Gallery, New York)