Boris Mikhailov: Books

The special thing about Boris Mikhailov as a 'book maker' is that he thinks of and develops photography in sequences, in spaces and cuts, in the forms of its montage. Viewed as a whole, his books and book drafts - which often only exist as one original copy - create a retrospective of a very unique and intimate kind. The artist's books Krymskaja Fotomanija (Crimean Photomania) and Mountains , each with 128 pages, are shown here in facsimile, accompanied by 80 pages of illustrated text. Boris Mikhailov is seen as a chronicler of his Ukrainian homeland: the everyday life of the so-called 'little people' on the street, on the beach, at dances - anywhere that the politic becomes visible in the private. Drawing on this material, Mikhailov explores both the human condition and the history and decline of the Soviet Union - and the consequences of its fall.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 386335303X
• ISBN13: 9783863353032
• Release Date: September 2013
• Publisher: Walther Konig Verlag
• Length: 336 Pages
• Weight: 5.20 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.6" x 9.6" x 12.6"