Boris Mikhailov: Look at Me I Look at Water . . . or Perversion of Repose - Hardcover

Mikhailov; Boris

 
9783882439687: Boris Mikhailov: Look at Me I Look at Water . . . or Perversion of Repose
Hardcover
ISBN 10: 3882439688 ISBN 13: 9783882439687
Publisher: Steidl, 2004

Synopsis

Rarely has anyone photographed reality in such an unprettified way as Boris Mikhailov. He captures the unadorned and the natural; in pictures devoid of aesthetic exhaltation, he concentrates on people and their living conditions. On his journeys through Russia, Germany and his Ukrainian homeland, Mikhailov has equally observed the poor, the well-to-do, the outcasts and the homeless. Look at Me, I Look at Water was composed in 1999 at the suggestion of the Heiner Mller-Society when Boris Mikhailov's name was found in one of Heiner Mller's notebooks. With this book Mikhailov is continuing, thematically and conceptionally, what he began with his artist's book Unfinished Dissertation in 1985. The photographs are accompanied by handwritten Russian commentaries, which together give the impression of a private album which narrates stories from a chapter in the artist's life.

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Synopsis

In this volume, Boris Mikhailov shows in photographs the unadorned and natural, devoid of any aesthetic exaltation and completely concentrated on the people he captures in their living conditions.

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Publisher
Steidl
Publication date
2004
Language
English
ISBN 10 
3882439688
ISBN 13 
9783882439687
Binding
Hardcover
Edition number
1
Number of pages
132