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August 28, 2008
Before and after Communism: photography in Eastern Europe
Bus no 6, Odessa, Ukraine. Odessa, on the Black Sea, is Ukraine’s largest Port, with a historically diverse ethnic population. From Transit Ukraine © George Georgiou. Courtesy of Panos Pictures, United Kingdom and the Noorderlicht Photofestival 2008.
The 15th Noorderlicht Photofestival in the Netherlands is presenting many never-seen-before photographs from Eastern Europe. Two major exhibitions, Behind Walls (37 photographers from 13 countries), and Beyond Walls (35 photographers from 20 countries), provide a tremendous overview of the diverse approaches of photography before and after Communist rule.
Lens Culture is featuring an extensive preview of photos from the exhibitions.
Do you mind if I plug my Czechoslovakia in Transition series? Hope not. Click on my name for the book, and here are the images in it:
http://www.proofsheet.com/transition
Oops. Guess the name link does not work. Here is the book:
http://www.blurb.com/bookstore/search?search=%22czechoslovakia+in+transition%22&commit=Search
Being from Poland I find it quite disappointing that fall of the comunism was the last image-worthy thing that happened in this part of Europe.