Wednesday, May 23, 2007

"Bastard Eden"

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From "Bastard Eden: Chernobyl at 20", Donald Weber, All rights reserved.

I happened on this remarkable photo by Donald Weber following a link from Amy Stein's blog. Like her, Weber is a finalist for Photolucida's Critical Mass Book Award. The "About" blurb on his site says he's currently living between Moscow and Kiev & "...working on a book about life on the edge of Europe, and the curse of power. It’s the 18th Century with jets flying overhead."

Here's another one:

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From "Bastard Eden: Chernobyl at 20", Donald Weber, All rights reserved.

1 comment:

Christine (CA) said...

Thank you, Tim. I just went through his website and fell in love. What remarkable immediacy in his photos and what a fascinating/bizarre/sad/uncomfortable/ancient world he shows us in the Bastard Eden series. Those interiors and rooms are desperately beautiful. My favorites of all are the girl sitting on the bed with the father in the room behind, and the woman standing at the table with those incredible apples in the water/jar.