Salt Lake by Boris Mikhailov

(2002)

First edition

80 pages

Large format hardback in fine condition. Some shelf ware to the cover board corners and spine. Pages clean, binding firm. 

About

Boris Mikhailov shot this black and white photo sequence at his father’s birthplace in the south of the Ukraine. There is a lake nearby, into which untreated effluents from a nearby factory are discharged. Believing the water to have healing powers, people enjoy going for a swim. All year round, families gather on the shore, and on-lookers might be reminded of a Russian Baden-Baden.