The Wedding - Hardcover
Challenging and provocative, Mikhailov's photographs document human casualties living in post communist Eastern Europe after the demise of the Soviet Union. They are unflinching and ruthless depictions of poverty and the homeless (also known as Bomzhes) living in the margins of Russia's new economic regime without social support or care. This series presents a simulated wedding between two homeless people often naked and in sexual poses, set amongst their own surroundings. Mikhailov's photographs, often presented in these wry even humorous situations, only add to the absurdity of this tragic life. The onlooker experiences feelings of empathy and disgust as they guiltily absorb the content of these engaging yet horrifying pictures, peering into an unknown world of madness, destitution, longing and death in an un-redemptive portrait of outcast humanity. The Wedding is bound in imitation of a traditional wedding album, with faux-leather and gold-debossed lettering designed by calligrapher John Stevens. It is further finished off with a text by Adrian Searle.
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- PublisherMorel Books
- Publication date2010
- ISBN 10 1907071199
- ISBN 13 9781907071195
- BindingHardcover
- Edition number1
- Number of pages58
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The Wedding
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Book Description Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. 1st Edition. Square 4to bound in white paper-covered boards, stamped in gilt meant to resemble a wedding album. Limited to 1000 copies. Near Fine with a very faint smudge to rear board. Otherwise superb. A fascinating account of manipulated reality, in the vein of Ulrich Seidl, et al. Seller Inventory # ABE-1694031864757
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(2011)
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ISBN 13: 9781907071195
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Book Description Hardcover. Condition: Fine. 1st Edition. Edition of 1000. The Wedding by Boris Mikhailov. Mikhailov's photographs document human casualties living in post communist Eastern Europe after the demise of the Soviet Union. They are unflinching and ruthless depictions of poverty and the homeless (also known as Bomzhes) living in the margins of Russia's new economic regime without social support or care. This series presents a simulated wedding between two homeless people often naked and in sexual poses, set amongst their own surroundings. Mikhailov's photographs, often presented in these wry even humorous situations, only add to the absurdity of this tragic life. The onlooker experiences feelings of empathy and disgust as they guiltily absorb the content of these engaging yet horrifying pictures, peering into an unknown world of madness, destitution, longing and death in an un-redemptive portrait of outcast humanity. Seller Inventory # ABE-1692712746348
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