First edition of Le dsert russe by Ljubisa Danilovic (2015)

First impression

Large format hardback in near fine condition

Signed by Ljubisa Danilovic to page before the title one

Some minor wear to cover, top corners of both the front and back boards have slight bumps

Some very slight toning to extremities of pages

Otherwise, pages clean, binding firm

About

“By the year 2050, it is estimated that Russia, the largest country in the world, will decrease its actual population by a third and would have a hundred million citizens.

Le Dsert russeis my personal photo report around the snowy Russia suggesting this inevitable demographic disaster. I have both a poetic and a documentary approach. Through my work, I share my personal views and feelings regarding unknown parts of the world.

These creations are representations of the demographic desert along with the extreme environment and the loneliness of people, and at times a dreamlike world with strange animals and empty landscapes where people look like ghosts. I had the opportunity to cross Russia in 3 occasions now, traveling on the mythical Trans-Siberian Railway from St Petersburg to Vladivostok. But my work is not about trains or Russia. It is about a journey, my 15-year inner journey which is about to come to an end.”