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Russian Interiors (second edition)

by Andy Rocchelli

Photographs: Andy Rocchelli

Publisher: Cesura Publish

125 pages

Pictures: 70 color offset

Year: 2015

Price: 50 €

Comments: 15,5 x 21,5 cm, screen printed handmade hardcover with screen printed title, foldable pages

An intimate portrait of Russian women in their private spaces.

Andy started to travel to Russia in 2010; there he spent a considerable amount of time working as a freelance photographer. During this time he covered several stories in different places. The book Russian Interiors, however, sees the light as side job to cover his expenses while staying in Moscow; he challenged local professional competitors, accustomed to work in dedicated environments, by offering low cost portraits to single women in their apartments. Quickly this expedient bloomed into a hefty body of work. This obtained women’s archive takes all kinds including photos he shot for his customers and photos he kept for himself. The core of this work though is deeper than what the commercial shot he was paid for portrays. Soon this method developed into a key to get access to private spaces and stories, to better understand an intimate side of Russian women.

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Russian Interiors (second edition)

by Andy Rocchelli

Photographs: Andy Rocchelli

Publisher: Cesura Publish

125 pages

Pictures: 70 color offset

Year: 2015

Price: 50 €

Comments: 15,5 x 21,5 cm, screen printed handmade hardcover with screen printed title, foldable pages

An intimate portrait of Russian women in their private spaces.

Andy started to travel to Russia in 2010; there he spent a considerable amount of time working as a freelance photographer. During this time he covered several stories in different places. The book Russian Interiors, however, sees the light as side job to cover his expenses while staying in Moscow; he challenged local professional competitors, accustomed to work in dedicated environments, by offering low cost portraits to single women in their apartments. Quickly this expedient bloomed into a hefty body of work. This obtained women’s archive takes all kinds including photos he shot for his customers and photos he kept for himself. The core of this work though is deeper than what the commercial shot he was paid for portrays. Soon this method developed into a key to get access to private spaces and stories, to better understand an intimate side of Russian women.

More books by Andy Rocchelli