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Boris Mikhailov – Johanna Mizgala

Ciel variable 90 – COLLABORATIONS | Exhibition Reviews
Authors: Johanna Mizgala | Artists: Boris Mikhailov

April 18, 2017 [originally published in CV90 in Winter 2012] — During the Soviet era, it was unlawful to photograph anything that contradicted the reigning political ideology. As images were seen to be an extremely forceful argument to support the cause, anything that might show signs of rust on the well-oiled machine would not be tolerated. The negation of an outlet for visual evidence to the contrary of the accepted narrative attests to the very power of the documentary photograph, for it bears silence witness when it is too dangerous to speak the truth.

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