The first edition of Mikhailov’s moving two-volume work from 1999 features Am Boden (By The Ground) with 126 brown-toned photographic plates and Die Dämmerung (At Dusk) with 111 blue-toned photographic plates. Shot on the streets of Kiev and Kharkiv (Mikhailov's home town) with a Horizont panoramic camera (manufactured in Kharkiv), both books are a searing indictment of a society that has broken down and whose vacuum has been filled by the 'free' market....The sense of chaos, despair and misery is unrelenting, with image after image detailing environmental decay, shabby street people, food queues and comatose drunks lying on the streets. This is hard-hitting social documentary photography...Neither work could be described as uplifting in tone, but the pair make for an immensely powerful, unsettling, yet subtle photobook.
Title: By The Ground / At Dusk Publisher: Konigh Language: English / German Publication Date: 1999 Binding: 2 volume hardcover with Slipcase Book Condition: Very Good Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good Edition: First Edition Edition run: N/A Size: 28 x 18 cm Pages: 142
