Winterreise

Description

This is a compelling, sad and beautiful road story. Luc Delahaye, photographer and melancholy storyteller, travels in winter through the dark north of Russia, where he looks into the private face of Russia's moral and social crisis. This collection bridges the divide between art and journalism. The photographs are poetic - simultaneously terrifying, exciting, intimate, moving and very revealing. They offer many pleasures despite the depressing subject matter.

Luc Delahaye was born in France in 1962. He became a photographer in 1984 and joined Magnum in 1994. He has photographed wars and conflicts in Lebanon, Afghanistan, Rwanda, West Bank, Haiti, Sudan, Chechnya, Romania, Somalia, and extensively covered the war in the former Yugoslavia. Among other prizes, he has received the Robert Capa Gold Medal, twice a first prize at the World Press Photo awards, and twice the Paris Match prize, the Golden Visa. Photographer's Residence: Paris, France

'... photographer Luc Delahaye finds a country's soul ... Delahaye's sojourn is an epic new book ... one of the most compelling photojournalism monographs to emerge in recent years.' (American Photo)