Frank Gaudlitz: Casa Mare

Frank Gaudlitz (born 1958) broke out with "Waiting for Europe," a photographic portrait series made on a trip down the Danube. For his new series "Casa Mare, "he asked residents of several Eastern European cities-from Hungary to Serbia and Romania-to pose in their homes, surrounded by the household props that speak of their aspirations and social status, finally revealing how cultural traditions are being slowly eroded by the expansion of the European Union.