Boris Mikhailov
Subtitle: I've been here once before
By: David Teboul
Publisher: Hirmer
Published: 2011
Place of publication: München
Language: eng
Number of pages: 476
ISBN-13: 9783777440910
Subjects: Interviews; Photographers; Biography; Artistic Photography
Other titles: I've been here once before
Description: Seen through the eyes of filmmaker David Teboul, who completed a documentary about the artist in 2010 'Boris Mikhailov: I've Been Here Before' offers an overview of Ukrainian photographer Boris Mikhailov's career. One of the most important artists to have emerged from the former Soviet Union, Mikhailov has for more than thirty years taken photographs that engage with the idea of the individual in the public sphere, as well as the breakup of the Soviet Union and its many human casualties. Extensively illustrated with stills from Teboul's film, the book also includes transcripts of Mikhailov's discussions with Teboul, in which he provides insight into both his work and, more generally, the life of an artist in the Soviet Union before and after its fall.