VALA KJARVAL

photographer & art filmmaker

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#valavignettes on Instagram

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Esjan, 2022

first snow

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16mm from Ad Vera Til (2012-)

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NYC June 2020

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Bruno, 7:00pm May,2020,Chelsea,NYC__120mm__KodakHasselblad 

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NYPD Port Authority Officer, watches the BLM protestors go by.

Black Lives Matter, Midtown NYC

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NYPD Bike Officer stares the camera down besides a police barrade set up alongside black lives matter protestors march past in Lower Manhattan 2020, NYC

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Black Lives Matter.

Midtown, NYC.

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New Yorkers Cheer For Justice

New Yorkers cheer their loudest from their apartments they have been in lockdown alone; the love is mutal, the protestors blow kisses back by primarily older women blessing mainly younger people below; BLM protests. May 30 2020

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Occupants peacefully protesting to defund the NYPD billion police fund. Midnight City Hall, NYC

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Black Lives Matter Protestors shut down West Side Highway, NYC. Vala kjarval

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Seamless ordered KN95 Mask, wrapped and sealed. July 2020.

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Abandoned barn in Icelandic countryside; að vera til, 2013.

Yashica MAT 124g ; Fujifilm B&W Neopan 100 Acros I 120mm

Að vera til, on going project exploring the contrast of growing up between two countries and value systems. Splitting one’s mind into two, like a cell in mitosis being pulled apart to create two different cells. Resulting in a polarzing experience that creates two identities that are constantly at odds.