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CCCP (Multilingual Edition)

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This publication explores 90 buildings in 14 former Soviet Republics. Each of these structures expresses what Chaubin considers the fourth age of Soviet architecture, an unknown burgeoning that took place from 1970 until 1990. Contrary to the 1920s and 1950s, no “school” or main trend emerges here. These buildings represent a chaotic impulse brought about by a decaying system. Taking advantage of the collapsing monolithic structure, architects went far beyond modernism, going back to the roots or freely innovating. Some of the daring ones completed projects that the Constructivists would have dreamt of (Druzhba Sanatorium, Yalta), others expressed their imagination in an expressionist way (Palace of Weddings, Tbilisi). A summer camp, inspired by sketches of a prototype lunar base, lays claim to Suprematist influence (Prometheus youth camp, Bogatyr). Then comes the “speaking architecture” widespread in the last years of the USSR: a crematorium adorned with concrete flames (Crematorium, Kiev), a technological institute with a flying saucer crashed on the roof (Institute of Scientific Research, Kiev), a political center watching you like Big Brother (House of Soviets, Kaliningrad).

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Postcards fromCheckpoint Charlie: images of the Berlin wall

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Between 1945 and 1961, an estimated 2.5 million people fled East Germany in search of the political and economic freedom offered by West Germany. To thwart this tide of defections, on the morning of August 13, 1961, hundreds of East German troops began erecting the Berlin wall—a barrier that would take nearly twenty years to complete and would eventually span 166 kilometers. In Postcards from Checkpoint Charlie, the Bodleian Library assembles a stunning collection of images to document the wall’s impact worldwide. The postcards in this fascinating volume trace the development of the wall—from its beginnings as a simple stretch of barbed wire to the daunting final structure made of concrete and containing over 300 watchtowers. The images capture scenes of tension and urgency, such as those at Checkpoint Charlie, where we see Allied and East German soldiers coldly observing one another through binoculars.

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Picturing indians: photographics encounters and tourist fantasies in H.H. Bennett's Wisconsin Dells

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The interactions between Indian and white man, photographer amd photographed, suggested a relationship in which commercial motives and friendly feelings mixed, though not necessarily in equal measure. The Ho-Chunk resourcefully sought new ways to survive in the increasingly tourist-driven economy of the Dells. Bennett, struggling to keep his photography business alive, capitalized on America's comfortably nostalgic image of Native peoples as a vanishing race, no longer treatening and now safe for white consumption.

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America and the tintype

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Published in conjunction with the exhibition America and the Tintype organized by Steven Kasher and Brian Wallis for the International Center of Photography, New York. September 19, 2008 to January 4, 2009

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Left London

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Left London is a photographic portrayal of abandoned buildings across the capital that reveals an otherwise unseen side of city life. Having explored a multitude of sites and taken over twenty thousand images, the authors were able to assemble a unique collection of photographs vividly illustrating this evocative and beautiful subject. Furthermore, as well as extensive interior and exterior shots, the book also contains various items of ephemera found in situ, which provide an additional visual narrative. Like all cities, London has an established cycle of decay and renewal, however with the forthcoming 2012 Olympics, it is currently embarking on the most ambitious redevelopment plan in its history. In light of this, Left London takes on a particularly compelling and contemporary relevance.

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Heavy light: recent photography and video from Japan

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Published in conjunction with the exhibition Heavy Light: Recent Photography and Video from Japan organized by Cristopher Phillips and Noriko Fuku for the International Center of Photography, New York.

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Shooting time: Pompeii and its' surroundings

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The exhibition “Shooting Time. Pompeii and its Surroundings” by Claudio Sabatino allows us to reflect, in a museum such as the Archaeological Museum of Naples, on the tricky issue of the relationship between archaeological context, landscape and the finds that come from them. Preventing the gradual process of change, the result of human interaction, of the remaining landscape would be pure utopia. That it also generates a culture of respect, which goes from a deep knowledge of history and allows for conscious protection, is another. This catalogue allows us to examine how in many symbolic places symbol (Baths of Caracalla, Pompeii, Naples, The Phlegraean Fields), there is an often antithetical ‘before’ and ‘after’, which reveal, on one side, the yielding of a conservation effort in the face of building expansion policies and, on the other, from the fact that in Italy there has been greater attention on the exhibition sites rather than on the territory.

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Paysage temps : 20 ans d'observation d'une ruralité française

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Le ministère de l’environnement a engagé en 1991 la création de l’Observatoire photographique du paysage. Un itinéraire photographique est créé sur un territoire avec l’aide d’un photographe professionnel. Il est composé d’une quarantaine de points de vue choisis pour être rephotographiés. Une fois l’itinéraire défini, chacun des points de vue est rephotographié à des intervalles variables, entre deux et cinq ans, mais selon le principe de la fixité du cadrage de la prise de vue. Cet observatoire a pour objectif de constituer un fonds photographique permettant d’analyser les mécanismes et les facteurs de transformations des espaces ainsi que les rôles des différents acteurs qui en sont la cause. Dans ce contexte, Thierry Girard a été invité à participer à l’Observatoire photographique du paysage, et à mettre en place un itinéraire à travers le parc naturel régional des Vosges du Nord.

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L'Ukraine Post-Euromaïdan dans ses liens intangibles avec l'Union Soviétique

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Les architectures et les paysages témoignent de chronologies paradoxales. Comme l'ont illustré l'effet de la « dé-communisation » issue de la révolution de Maïdan et l'immédiate mise en musée des événements dans le Donbass, une partie de l'histoire est supprimée pour être tout de suite remplacée par une autre. Ce livre explore une Ukraine construite en diachronie, constamment modifiée par les révolutions et les guerres. // The architectures and landscapes reveal the paradoxical chronologies that Ukraine cannot hide. As illustrated by the effect of 'decommunisation' post Maïdan, paralleled with the immediate establishment of the current affairs in Donbass, part of the history is suppressed to be immediately replaced with another. This book explores a Ukraine built in a diachrony, constantly modified by revolution and war.

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Charles Marville: Paris photographié au temps d'Haussmann

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En 1860 Haussmann créait la "commission historique de paris". C'est elle qui chargea Charles Marville de photographier, en 1865, les rues appelées à disparaître, puis, en 1877, les avenues nouvelles. Napoléon III accueillit cette initiative avec enthousiasme. "Ceci permettra de suivre à travers les siècles les transformations de la ville qui, grâce à votre infatigable activité, est aujourd'hui la plus splendide et la plus salubre des capitales de l'Europe," écrira-t-il à son préfet. Les photos de Marville qui figent l'avant et l'après Haussmann sont non seulement d'une grande beauté, mais aussi d'une importance capitale: elles racontent la plus grande mutation qu'une ville ait jamais connue.