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Diary / Boris Mikhailov.

Michailov, Boris, 1938- (photographer.). Zanot, Francesco. Scorpion and the Coca-Cola. (Added Author).

Summary:

These photographs are dedicated to the Blaue Horse group. This group or movement of young people, many of whom were students in my home city at the end of the 1950s, deep in the Soviet times, loved the Beatles, danced to rock and roll, and dreamt about the freedom of the West. They came under great pressure from the government ... four of them were convicted and went to jail ... for pornography (convicting someone for madness or pornography was one of the ways used to crack down on any opposition). As one of the main proofs, the court was presented with photographs of these young people on the beach, in swimwear, striking "Western" poses. ... I started with my photography about five years later; it was the time when it was forbidden to shoot many- or almost all - thing, but no one kills for it already...

Record details

ISBN: 9783863358167
ISBN: 3863358163
Physical Description: 430 unnumbered pages : illustrations (some color) ; 29 cm + 1 supplement (32 pages)
Publisher: Köln : Verlag der Buchhandlung Walther König, [2015]
Copyright: ©2015

Content descriptions

General Note:

"Published in conjunction with the exhibition 'Boris Mikhailov: Ukraine' organized by Camera - Centro Italiano per la Fotografia, Turin, 2015/2016"--Colophon.

Supplement entitled: The scorpion and the Coca-Cola : an autopsy of the Homo Sovieticus / Francesco Zanot.