Decommunized: Ukrainian Soviet Mosaics
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| Rating | : | 4.40 (652 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 3869225831 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 250 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2017-12-26 |
| Language | : | English |
DESCRIPTION:
His current ongoing project is a research of the destruction of a Soviet cultural heritage in Ukraine and the transformations of public space after the Revolution of Dignity (2013 - 2014). Since 2013, he has been working on independent documentary projects. Graduated in 2010 from the Geographic Photography College (Tel Aviv, Israel). As a freelance photographer, he works with a number of Ukrainian and international media. He started his professional photography practice in 2005, based in Kyiv. . About the Author Yevgen Nikiforov, born in Vasylkiv, Kyiv region, Ukraine, in 1986
Some of the pieces featured here were demolished shortly after the photographs were taken: they fell afoul of the so-called decommunization laws that ban communist symbols and slogans. The book includes approximately 200 unique photographs of monumental panels: officially sanctioned gigantic images of workers, farmers, astronauts and athletes of colored smalto or ceramics illustrate Soviet life as it was meant to be represented, drawing parallels to the overarching themes inherent within a more widely known Soviet architectural
. His current ongoing project is a research of the destruction of a Soviet cultural heritage in Ukraine and the transformations of public space after the Revolution of Dignity (2013 - 2014). Since 2013, he has been working on independent documentary projects. He started his professional photography practice in 2005, based in Kyiv. As a freelance photographer, he works with a number of Ukrainian and international media. Yevgen Nikifo