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Infrastructures

INFRASTRUCTURES

Infrastructures is a research-based project and photobook exploring the political economy of post-Soviet Russia, created in 2016-2019 by Sergey Novikov and Max Sher. Combining documentary and staged photography, as well as writing, they look at and reflect on both the political and cultural significance of physical infrastructures such as roads, bridges, pipelines, etc., and 'infrastructures' of thinking, discourse, and practices that underpin and define the functioning of the Russian power. The book consists of 50 chapters, each with photographs and an essay in English and Russian. By combining photographs and writing, Novikov and Sher also explore the complex relationship and roles of photography and text within one body of work.
 
The book was published by recurrentBooks in September 2019.
 
A review in English in The Baffler magazine
 
A review in Russian in Colta
 
A review in English in the Journal of Urban History
Infrastructures at Noorderlicht Festival of Photography, Groningen, photo by Hanne van der Velde
Infrastructures at Noorderlicht Festival of Photography, Groningen, photo by Hanne van der Velde
Infrastructures at Noorderlicht Festival of Photography, Groningen, photo by Hanne van der Velde
Infrastructures at Noorderlicht Festival of Photography, Groningen, photo by Hanne van der Velde
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