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Photobook

Trees, Cars, Figures of People, Assorted Barriers

Name: Trees, Cars, Figures of People, Assorted Barriers
Author: Petr Antonov

Artist

Petr Antonov

The book explores the aesthetic possibilities of the contemporary Russian cityscape, taking Moscow as the perfect example of a post-Soviet inhabited location. Historically, a model and an archetype city, Moscow also acts as the place where changes in the cultural landscape become most pronounced. The book comprises 63 colour plates, followed by an alphabetical index. Each photograph is accompanied with a description questioning whether the image might be equal to the sum of its elements, as well as our readiness to accept or filter them out when looking. Trees, cars, people and barriers turn out to be the most frequent elements, and thus give the name to the project. 28x22 cm, softcover, perfect binding, 136 pages, 63 colour plates, full colour digital printing, texts in English and Russian, unlimited print run © Petr Antonov, photographs, design, texts

Available

Photography Landscape Cityscape Everyday Commonplace Index Russia Moscow Post-soviet Trees Cars Figures of people Assorted barriers

Press

Source Magazine, Issue 92, 2017
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The standout pieces in this selection—by Antonov, Chick, and Moore—suggest that the way to outplay convention is not necessarily to rail against it but to work slowly and carefully within it, understanding the cliché itself as a form to be adapted through a series of subtle twists and turns. The enemy of photography will be defeated not by demolishing its foundations but by quietly remaking its interior.