Lise Sarfati: Acta Est

Paperback / softback

Main Details

Title Lise Sarfati: Acta Est
Authors and Contributors      Translated by Nathalie Chapuis
Introduction by Olga Medvedkova
By (photographer) Lise Sarfati
Physical Properties
Format:Paperback / softback
Pages:104
Dimensions(mm): Height 297,Width 198
Category/GenreIndividual photographers
Photographs: collections
ISBN/Barcode 9780714848426
ClassificationsDewey:779.94709049
Audience
General

Publishing Details

Publisher Phaidon Press Ltd
Imprint Phaidon Press Ltd
Publication Date 4 December 2007
Publication Country United Kingdom

Description

The award-winning first book by French photographer-artist Lise Sarfati (b.1958) is now available in paperback. Sarfati documents the human and architectural ruins of post-communist Russia: a world of decaying buildings and abandoned factories , psychiatric institutes and detention centres, all peopled with lost characters.

Author Biography

Lise Sarfati (b.1958) studied Russian at the Sorbonne in Paris before taking up photography. During the 1990s she won many major photography awards for her photographs of Russia. She became an associate member of Magnum Photos in 1999. Olga Medvedkova is an art historian based in Paris. She studied History of Art in Moscow and Paris and is the co-author of several books including L'art Russe (Paris, 1991).

Reviews

'Lise Sarfati's starkly lit photos of a disintergrating Russia are deceptively simple. Look a little longer and you'll see why her work ... has won every award going.' (Red)