Michal Chelbin: How to Dance the Waltz : 9788862087261 : 08 Apr 2021 : Chelbin's remarkable portraits of Ukrainian teenagers lay bare the tensions and contradictions of adolescence Israeli photographer Michal Chelbin (born 1974) has spent several years traveling through Ukraine and Spain to explore the connection and tension between youth and uniforms. Internationally acclaimed for her striking portraits of teenagers throughout Eastern Europe, Chelbin recognizes adolescence as a liminal space between childhood and adulthood, a stage of one's life that can be difficult to represent in all its complexities and contradictions. Chelbin's teenage subjects embody that contrast to the fullest extent: their youth is apparent despite the startlingly adult contexts in which they are placed, as one can see in her previous work taken in juvenile prisons or traveling acrobat troupes. In How to Dance the Waltz, Chelbin looks at puberty and gender as a performance that involves as much attention to