In Boris Mikhailov's extensive and important book Case History he attempts to describe the decay of social structures and individual lives post break up of the former Soviet Union. We witness street kids taking drugs, adults in search of food, and trying to re-install their social self by cleaning their bodies in the artist's own house. Despite the devastating poverty, the women and men in Mikhailov's images look back at us with great dignity. Their eyes express an unbroken will to survive in a social system that has fallen to its lowest possible level Mikhailov depicts very warmly the harshness of everyday life in a society not as far away from ours as we might think.

Publisher: Scslo
Language: English
Publication Date: 1996
Binding: Hardcover
Book Condition: Very Good
Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good
Edition: First Edition 
Edition Run: N/A
Size: 24 x 18 cm
Pages: 478