Rura (signed)
by Krzysztof Racon
Photographs: Krzysztof Racon
Text: Agnieszka Rayss, Krzysztof Racon
Publisher: selfpublished, paper beats rock
Pictures: 31
Year: 2015
Comments: 15 x 21 cm, first edition of 200 copies
Rura is a gigantic steel structure that was made to transport iron ore from a railway hub to the major steelworks in a heavily industrialized region in southern Poland. It overpasses a forest, roads, fields and finally for a short distance it runs over a small town which name is difficult to pronounce and remember. This monumental structure dominates the landscape of the town. It’s a hostile place to humans where not only the landscape but also air, soil and water have been poisoned by the adjacent landfill, incineration plant and chicken slaughterhouse. As in a broken mirror, you notice many deformed objects in this degraded landscape. In a place where even the trees take on a strange shape, you start to believe in the story of a two-headed cat that lived somewhere around . You walk inside and ask yourself: "Do I believe it? You want to understand why people stayed here. Is it just a habit or some common unspoken secrets? A sound of slamming doors and barking dogs are one of many signs that suggest you that you should better leave this place.
Krzysztof Racon is a documentary photographer based in Krakow. Student of Institute of Creative Photography in Opava (Czech Republic). Graduate of the Jagiellonian University and Academy of Photography in Krakow (Poland). Participant of Sputnik Photos mentorship program. Twice awarded in the international contest "Lens on development" organized by the Polish Ministry of Foreign Affairs. In 2013, his project on the small village located in the shadow of a great industrial conveyor tube brought him first place in the second edition of the Vienna International Photo Awards (VIPA). In May 2015 published his first photobook “Rura”. In 2015 finalist in Kolga Tbilisi Photoawards 2015 and II prize in BZWBK Press 2015 for his project "disappearing lakes" dedicated to Roznowskie and Czchowskie lakes.
more books tagged »black and white« | >> see all
-
Goosewalk - Collector's Edition II (book + print)
by Regina Anzenberger
Euro 140 -
Utsutsu no Yami - Darkness of this World (signed)
by Hara Yoshiichi
sold out -
Ice Chaosmos
by Jungho Jung
sold out -
The Grey
by Rafal Milach
sold out -
Kuroyami (signed)
by Sakiko Nomura
sold out -
sweet nothings
by Vanessa Winship
sold out
more books tagged »Eastern Europe« | >> see all
-
Balkan Pank (collectors' edition)
by Joze Suhadolnik
sold out -
east - west (special offer! - 2 books)
by Regina Maria Anzenberger
Euro 98 -
Grimaces of the weary village 1976 - 2001 (signed- last copy)
by Rimaldas Viksraitis
Euro 295 -
Grimaces of the weary village 1976 - 2001 (signed- last copy)
by Rimaldas Viksraitis
Euro 195 -
KARCZEBY
by Adam Panczuk
sold out -
Sevastopol (signed)
by Milan Bureš
Euro 22
more books tagged »Czech Republic« | >> see all
-
Tausend und eine Spur
by Christine de Grancy
Euro 40 -
east
by Regina Maria Anzenberger
Euro 56 -
Θέατρο του χρόνου (Theater of Time) - first Greek edition
by Josef Koudelka
Euro 88 -
Praha
by Josef Sudek
Euro 360 -
Camargue
by Josef Koudelka
Euro 150 -
am boden
by Denis Brudna
Euro 32
Random selection from the Virtual bookshelf josefchladek.com
Rura (signed)
by Krzysztof Racon
Photographs: Krzysztof Racon
Text: Agnieszka Rayss, Krzysztof Racon
Publisher: selfpublished, paper beats rock
Pictures: 31
Year: 2015
Comments: 15 x 21 cm, first edition of 200 copies
Rura is a gigantic steel structure that was made to transport iron ore from a railway hub to the major steelworks in a heavily industrialized region in southern Poland. It overpasses a forest, roads, fields and finally for a short distance it runs over a small town which name is difficult to pronounce and remember. This monumental structure dominates the landscape of the town. It’s a hostile place to humans where not only the landscape but also air, soil and water have been poisoned by the adjacent landfill, incineration plant and chicken slaughterhouse. As in a broken mirror, you notice many deformed objects in this degraded landscape. In a place where even the trees take on a strange shape, you start to believe in the story of a two-headed cat that lived somewhere around . You walk inside and ask yourself: "Do I believe it? You want to understand why people stayed here. Is it just a habit or some common unspoken secrets? A sound of slamming doors and barking dogs are one of many signs that suggest you that you should better leave this place.
Krzysztof Racon is a documentary photographer based in Krakow. Student of Institute of Creative Photography in Opava (Czech Republic). Graduate of the Jagiellonian University and Academy of Photography in Krakow (Poland). Participant of Sputnik Photos mentorship program. Twice awarded in the international contest "Lens on development" organized by the Polish Ministry of Foreign Affairs. In 2013, his project on the small village located in the shadow of a great industrial conveyor tube brought him first place in the second edition of the Vienna International Photo Awards (VIPA). In May 2015 published his first photobook “Rura”. In 2015 finalist in Kolga Tbilisi Photoawards 2015 and II prize in BZWBK Press 2015 for his project "disappearing lakes" dedicated to Roznowskie and Czchowskie lakes.
more books tagged »black and white« | >> see all
-
Goosewalk - Collector's Edition II (book + print)
by Regina Anzenberger
Euro 140 -
Utsutsu no Yami - Darkness of this World (signed)
by Hara Yoshiichi
sold out -
Ice Chaosmos
by Jungho Jung
sold out -
The Grey
by Rafal Milach
sold out -
Kuroyami (signed)
by Sakiko Nomura
sold out -
sweet nothings
by Vanessa Winship
sold out
more books tagged »Eastern Europe« | >> see all
-
Balkan Pank (collectors' edition)
by Joze Suhadolnik
sold out -
east - west (special offer! - 2 books)
by Regina Maria Anzenberger
Euro 98 -
Grimaces of the weary village 1976 - 2001 (signed- last copy)
by Rimaldas Viksraitis
Euro 295 -
Grimaces of the weary village 1976 - 2001 (signed- last copy)
by Rimaldas Viksraitis
Euro 195 -
KARCZEBY
by Adam Panczuk
sold out -
Sevastopol (signed)
by Milan Bureš
Euro 22
more books tagged »Czech Republic« | >> see all
-
Tausend und eine Spur
by Christine de Grancy
Euro 40 -
east
by Regina Maria Anzenberger
Euro 56 -
Θέατρο του χρόνου (Theater of Time) - first Greek edition
by Josef Koudelka
Euro 88 -
Praha
by Josef Sudek
Euro 360 -
Camargue
by Josef Koudelka
Euro 150 -
am boden
by Denis Brudna
Euro 32
Random selection from the Virtual bookshelf josefchladek.com
Rura (signed)
by Krzysztof Racon
Photographs: Krzysztof Racon
Text: Agnieszka Rayss, Krzysztof Racon
Publisher: selfpublished, paper beats rock
Pictures: 31
Year: 2015
Comments: 15 x 21 cm, first edition of 200 copies
Rura is a gigantic steel structure that was made to transport iron ore from a railway hub to the major steelworks in a heavily industrialized region in southern Poland. It overpasses a forest, roads, fields and finally for a short distance it runs over a small town which name is difficult to pronounce and remember. This monumental structure dominates the landscape of the town. It’s a hostile place to humans where not only the landscape but also air, soil and water have been poisoned by the adjacent landfill, incineration plant and chicken slaughterhouse. As in a broken mirror, you notice many deformed objects in this degraded landscape. In a place where even the trees take on a strange shape, you start to believe in the story of a two-headed cat that lived somewhere around . You walk inside and ask yourself: "Do I believe it? You want to understand why people stayed here. Is it just a habit or some common unspoken secrets? A sound of slamming doors and barking dogs are one of many signs that suggest you that you should better leave this place.
Krzysztof Racon is a documentary photographer based in Krakow. Student of Institute of Creative Photography in Opava (Czech Republic). Graduate of the Jagiellonian University and Academy of Photography in Krakow (Poland). Participant of Sputnik Photos mentorship program. Twice awarded in the international contest "Lens on development" organized by the Polish Ministry of Foreign Affairs. In 2013, his project on the small village located in the shadow of a great industrial conveyor tube brought him first place in the second edition of the Vienna International Photo Awards (VIPA). In May 2015 published his first photobook “Rura”. In 2015 finalist in Kolga Tbilisi Photoawards 2015 and II prize in BZWBK Press 2015 for his project "disappearing lakes" dedicated to Roznowskie and Czchowskie lakes.
more books tagged »black and white« | >> see all
-
Goosewalk - Collector's Edition II (book + print)
by Regina Anzenberger
Euro 140 -
Utsutsu no Yami - Darkness of this World (signed)
by Hara Yoshiichi
sold out -
Ice Chaosmos
by Jungho Jung
sold out -
The Grey
by Rafal Milach
sold out -
Kuroyami (signed)
by Sakiko Nomura
sold out -
sweet nothings
by Vanessa Winship
sold out
more books tagged »Eastern Europe« | >> see all
-
Balkan Pank (collectors' edition)
by Joze Suhadolnik
sold out -
east - west (special offer! - 2 books)
by Regina Maria Anzenberger
Euro 98 -
Grimaces of the weary village 1976 - 2001 (signed- last copy)
by Rimaldas Viksraitis
Euro 295 -
Grimaces of the weary village 1976 - 2001 (signed- last copy)
by Rimaldas Viksraitis
Euro 195 -
KARCZEBY
by Adam Panczuk
sold out -
Sevastopol (signed)
by Milan Bureš
Euro 22
more books tagged »Czech Republic« | >> see all
-
Tausend und eine Spur
by Christine de Grancy
Euro 40 -
east
by Regina Maria Anzenberger
Euro 56 -
Θέατρο του χρόνου (Theater of Time) - first Greek edition
by Josef Koudelka
Euro 88 -
Praha
by Josef Sudek
Euro 360 -
Camargue
by Josef Koudelka
Euro 150 -
am boden
by Denis Brudna
Euro 32
Random selection from the Virtual bookshelf josefchladek.com