1992

“In this book, Françoise Huguier invites us to this forgotten Russia, at the beginning of the 1990s. She had only one idea in mind – to reach the Behring Strait – and she has captured the very essence of a Siberia on the brink of collapse. Everything is raw : the blood, the filth, the striking portraits of a world in turmoil. Nothing is ever vertical or horizontal. Everything seems petrified in mud and rust: abandoned tyres, ruined buildings, bloody carcasses, earth torn open by deep ruts, this is real life. There are few smiles in this universe. Yet, one cannot help but be carried away by these powerful images and this humanity in the midst of dirty snow and flayed shacks. It is Françoise Huguier’s strength to know how to give us the keys to this world in the process of decay, served by an implacable plastic mastery. Yes, truly, Françoise Huguier is a great lady of photography.” Yann Arthus-Bertrand

Text by : Françoise Huguier – Foreword by Yann Arthus-Bertrand
Publisher: Editions Odyssée
Publication date: 2023
ISBN: 978-2-909478-60-9
Size: 22.85 x 30 cm
Language: French
192 pages

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