Ukraine

Crossfading of human bodies in the karst coastal landscape of the Crimean peninsula. The protagonists were taken from contemporary history & the present. MIKHAILOV reproduces here the history of photographic image production in resolution and form finding

In 'Diary' Boris MIKHAILOV tells about his life: Historical, but above all private memories in notes, colorings, crossings out, scratches, stains & photo fixing adhesive strips. A poignant chronicle, often ruthless and cynical, carried by the love of life

In 'Temptation of Life' by Boris MIKHAILOV, older images enter into a dialogue with those from 2017, taken in a Soviet-era Kiev crematorium, as well as in decaying corners of Eastern & Western European cities and in bedrooms and hospitals, and night bars.

The out-of-print book 'Escape' by Danila TKACHENKO is about men who have turned their backs on society to live alone in the wilderness of the Russian and Ukrainian forests. It raises the question of their own personal freedom and the possible consequences

'The Wedding' by Boris MIKHAILOV contains a photo series of a simulated wedding between two homeless people, in the midst of their own environment. It is bound in imitation of a traditional wedding album, with imitation leather and gold embossed lettering

The out-of-print book 'Das Auge des Krieges' by Dieter KELLER follows a seemingly modern pictorial aesthetic, showing that the artistically trained photographer of the Bauhaus period knew how to use aesthetic perception as a key to processing reality.

'45' by Damian HEINISCH, is about train journeys on the Donesz-Oslo line that took place at three different times. It brings together a common family history, first in pictures followed by diary-like short texts. The 35mm photos are from his last trip.

'Interrogations' is the result of a search for the hidden meaning of the bloody 20th century. Donald WEBER addresses his questions to both the living survivors and the ghosts of the state's countless victims: cops, laborers, thugs, dissidents and goons.

This four-volume photo book set, 'Erde, Feuer, Wind, Wasser' by Damian HEINISCH, explores the cultural & collective heritage of Central Europe through his own family history. In addition to the photographs, the set includes bilingually reproduced texts.

For her out-of-print book 'Sailboats and Swans', Michal CHELBIN portrayed prison inmates in Ukraine & Russia. The portraits oscillate between strangeness and reality. The title refers to the wallpaper that often adorns walls and hallways of these prisons.