Language:
English
Pages:
476 Seiten, [2] Blatt
,
Fotografien
Year of publication:
2011
Keywords:
Fotograf
;
Fotografie
;
Sozialdokumentarische Fotografie
;
Ukraine
Abstract:
This volume offers an overview of the career of the Ukrainian photographer Boris Mikhailov. The work of Mikhailov is seen through the eyes of filmmaker David Teboul who completed a documentary about the artist in 2010 – Boris Mikhailov: I’ve Been Here Once Before. Mikhailov is one of the most important artists to have emerged from the former Soviet Union, and for more than 30 years has taken photographs that engage with the idea of the individual living within the historical and political system, the breakup of the Soviet Union and its many human casualties. Extensively illustrated with stills from Teboul’s film including Mikhailov with his work, the book also includes transcripts of Mikhailov’s conversations with Teboul; here he provides insight into both his own work and, more generally, the life of an artist in the Soviet Union before and after its fall. This volume brings into focus Mikhailov’s beautifully crafted and often melancholy body of work, which was relatively unknown prior to the collapse of the Soviet Union.
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