CASE HISTORY (1999)

Following his return to his hometown of Kharkiv, Ukraine, in the late 1990s, Boris Mikhailov found a landscape utterly fractured by the sudden, chaotic dismantling of the Soviet system and a fragmented transition to Western capitalism. Rather than turning a blind eye, Mikhailov chose to confront it directly with his camera. Case History stands as a monumental, deeply controversial archive of an epochal social collapse. Despite the visceral grit and systemic failure framing each shot, the subjects look back at the camera with an unbroken dignity, refusing to be erased by the new capitalist landscape. Case History is widely regarded as one of the most vital, brutal, and influential photobooks of the 20th century. A masterpiece of uncompromising social realism that forces us to confront the repressed margins of geopolitical change. Publisher: Scslo Language: English Publication Date: 1996 Binding: Hardcover Book Condition: Very Good Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good Edition: First Edition Edition Run: N/A Size: 24 x 18 cm Pages: 478