"The History War is a book of photographs, collages and ephemera which begins with a timeline tracing Ukraine’s evolution from the 5th century and its long struggle for independence. The book is divided into six narratives documenting the events and people Larry Towell encountered in his many j...

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1. Verfasser:	Towell, Larry 1953- (VerfasserIn)
Format:	Buch
Sprache:	English
Veröffentlicht:	London GOST Books 2024
Schlagworte:	Geschichte 2014-2022 Russisch-Ukrainischer Krieg Ukraine Russo-Ukrainian War, 2014- / Pictorial works Russian Invasion of Ukraine, 2022 / Pictorial works War photography Documentary photography Bildband
Zusammenfassung:	"The History War is a book of photographs, collages and ephemera which begins with a timeline tracing Ukraine’s evolution from the 5th century and its long struggle for independence. The book is divided into six narratives documenting the events and people Larry Towell encountered in his many journeys to Ukraine. Towell first visited Ukraine at the time of the Maidan uprising in 2014, witnessing the final days of the violent clashes between the protestors and police in Kyiv. His photographs show the civilians behind makeshift barricades with home-made weapons, the heavily shielded police and the aftermath of the dead in a half-destroyed Maidan Square. It was this event which led to Towell’s long-term commitment to Ukraine and compelled him to return over the years. The second chapter focuses on Towell’s time in the wastelands of Chernobyl, site of history’s worst nuclear disaster in 1986 which resulted in many Soviets losing faith in the system. The following chapters focus on Towell’s time on eastern Donbass—a region of neglected coal miners and de-occupied ruins, an embed with the Ukrainian Army in Bakhmut, time with separatists in Donetsk and Luhansk, and finally, the Russian invasion of Ukraine, including the exhumation of civilian graves and crimes against humanity in Bucha. Described by Towell as ‘one person’s book on Ukraine’ The History War challenges the possibilities of a photobook and demonstrates how storytelling can be woven together by different fabrics. Taking on the format of a scrapbook, Towell combines personal notes with ephemera—postcards, found family pictures, playing cards, cigarette packets and rubbish left behind by Russian soldiers to supplement his images."
Beschreibung:	372 ungezählte Seiten 30 cm
ISBN:	9781910401330