But, sometimes, these things come up…

And that is exactly what draws and fascinates me s about his work: it is carried out in a frontier. He creates pieces which can be considered “good” or “correct” under the most traditional terms of photography (such as exposure, framing, color, light, etc) and, at the same time, presents some which are a bit more “challenging” and related to trends of the so-called contemporary photography (or those in which photographs themselves are the subjects).

What is even more striking is that he does it all in a meaningful way and within the scope of his own work, that is, it all seems to make a lot of sense so that when you see one of his images you almost “know” it really is his.

More Links

• His Profile at Magnum.
• A closer look at his book “Satellites“.
• “Abkhazia: A Vacation in a Non-Existent Country, 2005” gallery at Slate Magazine
• “The Ferghana Valley: The Troubled Heart of Asia” gallery at Moving Walls 8 by the Open Society Institute

I have to admit that the flash based site got a bit on my nerves, but that did not stop me from seeing all the images. Their size was a little too small for my liking, but well. Only after I had seen the entire thing I found out that there are two pdfs for download: [1] [2]. And in those not only the whole thing seems much more coherent, but the size makes more sense.

The pictures of ‘cables’ (book one), however cliché, seem to touch on something new. The ones of Saint Petesburg are by far the most interesting ones (last images on the second book). But who am I to judge? Go to the site and check it.

[via rojo]

Very good work despite some exaggerations. Really worth a look.

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