After i saw the book, weber and i talked about this project in person, and we continued an email correspondence. Russian and ukrainian citizens are terrorized in donald webers. Fights on the beaches live on in donald webers war sand. In this visionary rite of images, texts, and scientific data, photographer donald weber, writer larry frolick and physicist kevin robbie explore the sand beaches where the dday invasion was once fought, inch by inch, hand to hand. His interrogations project and accompanying book schilt, 2011 has received notable recognition and accolades from world press photo, pdn, aperture, and many others. Donald webers new book interrogations takes us into the dark hole of humanity, into the room where people take on roles as accusers and. In his new book, photographer donald weber explores the dark relationship between policemen, prostitutes, thugs and hustlers within the confines of a russian interrogation room. The author claims that the book is not about russia or ukraine. It comes to you in a cardboard sheath with open sides, and when you remove the book its cover has the pleasing texture of handmade paper and is the color of pepto bismol.
His interrogations project and accompanying book schilt, 2011, about postsoviet authority in ukraine and russia, was published to international acclaim from world. This exhibition focuses not on these portraits, but rather the preface. Photographer donald weber, author of interrogations and war sand. A history, martin parr and gerry badgers important publication in the field of photography that collates and analyses. Russian and ukrainian citizens are terrorized in donald weber. In 2006, he was on an assignment with police officers in chernobyl when. Interrogations, schilt, 2011 with texts by larry frolick, and donald weber. Of course its base is the talent and hard work of awardwinning documentary photographer donald weber. It is a real photography book, meaning that photography, topic and design are working together to make everything more understandable and clear improving the power of the medium. He freelanced for the international press in places as diverse as africa, eastern europe, russia and south america before taking aim at the bigger picture. His interrogations project and accompanying book schilt, 2011, about postsoviet authority in ukraine and russia, was published to international acclaim from world press photo, pdn, aperture, and many others. I had been aware of donald weber s interrogations for quite a while.
It took the photographer donald weber more than five years to make his way inside a ukrainian police interrogation room. Taking first place in the portraitseries category in this years world press photo demonstrates the recognition he deserves for this thoughtprovoking project. Donald weber by donald weber, 9789053307595, available at book depository with free delivery worldwide. Weber s vision is cleareyed and unflinching in its sober directness, which makes it both effective and discomfiting to look at. Interrogations, a project from canadian photographer donald weber 1973, won 1st prize stories in the portraits category of world press photo 2012. Snowy concrete jungles of block housing in siberia, casual portraiture in interior ukrainian settings with patterns so garish its. But given what i had seen about it online i had developed absolutely no interest in looking at the book.
Donald weber originally worked as an architect in rotterdam with urban theorist rem koolhaas office for metropolitan architecture. Donald weber talks about photographing the radioactive. Donald weber who had traveled in the postsoviet countries a lot caught the concept of this word by collecting photo reports about interrogations, and published a book called interrogation. Donald weber is a canadian photographer fascinated by the subject of power and how it deploys an allencompassing theatre for its subjects. Together, quantifiable and relative aspects are defining the essence of storytelling which, in itself, is the ultimate art performed in war sand. They are young and old, male and female, weak unfortunates and hardened criminals, all orphans of secret histories and hidden dramas that are scripted and played out by the modern state. Its simply one of those precious books which got the full care such a project deserves. Interrogations by donald weber 17 x 24 cm portrait. The title for this exhibition comes from donald webers recently published book of photographs from his sixyear sojourn through russia and the ukraine.
Interrogations donald weber curated by curated by patrick macaulay. He finally spent 7 years traveling through cities in russia and the ukraine documenting another violent catastrophe. In dialogue with writer larry frolick whose own ancestors had been decimated in the final months of ww ii weber insistently and provocatively addresses his questions both to the living survivors and to the ghosts of the states innumerable victims, resurrecting their final hours by taking their point of view, and performing a kind of incantatory meditation over their private. Dday actually happened, and as such it can be studied in detail. Interrogations is a collection of photographs taken in russia and ukraine over six years of travel by donald webber. Mar 19, 2014 interrogations by donald weber is not a new book it was published at the end of 2011 but it bears a look now for three reasons. Given that donald weber s interrogations has just been awarded a world press photo award in the portraits category, now is a good time to look at the book of the project. Weber is the recipient of many fellowships and awards, most notably a 2007 guggenheim fellowship. After a lone trip to chernobyl in 2005, donald weber soon returned to the abandoned site of the nuclear disaster and spent the next six years in russia and ukraine photographing the ruins of the unstoppable storm we call history.
The title for this exhibition comes from donald weber s recently published book of photographs from his sixyear sojourn through russia and the ukraine. I spent the majority of the night looking at this book in particular by donald weber interrogations upon first glance i thought this book was. Projects include interrogations, war sand, and barricade. Interrogations 80,00 after a lone trip to chernobyl in 2005, donald weber soon returned to the abandoned site of the nuclear disaster and spent the next six years in russia and ukraine photographing the ruins of the unstoppable storm we call history. Weber s interrogations is, in large part, a collection of startlingly blunt. After i saw the book, weber and i talked about this project in person, and we. After i saw the book, weber and i talked about this project in person, and. After a lone trip to chernobyl in 2005, donald weber returned to the abando. Viewers are likely alert to this early on, but they are not informed about the circumstances the book documents. Dec 01, 2011 donald weber originally worked as an architect in rotterdam with urban theorist rem koolhaas office for metropolitan architecture.
Russian and ukrainian citizens are terrorized in donald. Donald weber first went to russia to document the traces of the chernobyl disaster. Oct 11, 2011 donald weber photographed these scenes as police tried to get confessions from the suspects. Webers books include bastard eden, our chernobyl 2008, interrogations 2011, barricade. A history volume iii winner of world press photo 2012, in the category portraits, stories. Oct 15, 2014 artist research donald weber interrogations on the celebration of world photo book day, a small number of coventry students and lecturers met up for a night of all things photo book related. Artist research donald weber interrogations on the celebration of world photo book day, a small number of coventry students and lecturers met up for a night of all things photo book related. Prior to pursuing photography, weber trained as an architect and worked with rem koolhaas office for metropolitan architecture.
Firstly, its excellent in a most shocking way a fact that has led to reason two, its inclusion in the latest volume of the photobook. Interrogations is the result of his personal quest to uncover the hidden meaning of private, unpleasant encounters with unrestricted power. The text mentions policemen, thugs, working girls and more. Discover delightful childrens books with prime book box, a subscription that delivers new books. Select images from interrogations on display among the 2012 winners of world press photo. Feb 27, 2012 this is a longterm project, which weber has carefully crafted and explored over a sixyear period. Following an exploratory trip to chernobyl in 2005, donald weber soon returned to the abandoned site of the nuclear. It is a simple, elegant book that sears itself into your memory. Prior to photography, donald weber originally trained as an architect and worked with urban theorist rem koolhaas office for metropolitan architecture oma in rotterdam, the netherlands. Dec 01, 2011 even if you only vaguely consider buying this book, just do. In dialogue with writer larry frolick whose own ancestors had been decimated in the final months of ww ii weber insistently and provocatively addresses his questions both to the living survivors and to the ghosts of the states innumerable victims, resurrecting their final. Interrogations, about postsoviet authority in ukraine and russia, was selected to be included in martin parr and gerry badgers seminal the photobook. Donald weber interrogations 2011 photography quantity.
Given that donald webers interrogations has just been awarded a world press photo award in the portraits category, now is a good time to look at the book of the project. Interrogations by donald weber 20120102 donald weber. Special editions are available for sale from the interrogations web site. The title of donald webers latest book, interrogations, is very appropriate. Feb, 2012 but in donald webers new book, interrogations, itself an interrogation of the way state power plays out across stretches of eastern europe, the canadian photographer seeks to show the. Even if you only vaguely consider buying this book, just do. The euromaidan revolt with arthur bondar, 2015 and war sand 2017 he has had solo exhibitions at phodar foundation, pleven, bulgaria. Donald weber is a photographer fascinated by the subject of power be it economic, political, or psychological and how it deploys an allencompassing theatre for its subjects.
Donald weber born 1973 is a photographer who focuses on the effects of world power. The euromaidan revolt with arthur bondar, 2015 and war sand 2017. Interrogations is the result of his donald weber s personal quest to uncover the hidden meaning of private, unpleasant encounters with unrestricted power. After a lone trip to chernobyl in 2005, donald weber soon returned to the abandoned site of the nuclear disaster and spent the next six years in russia and ukraine photographing the ruins of. Donald webers new book interrogations takes us into the dark hole of humanity, into the room where people take on roles as accusers and accused. That same afternoon i met jan rosseel, the belgian photographer. Interrogations photographs by donald weber lensculture. Mar 09, 2012 donald weber, confessions of an invisible man, interrogations, pg. Bastard eden, our chernobyl, dealing with daily life in a postatomic world, won the photolucida book award. Great storytelling is never merely about facts, explains donald weber. Donald weber interrogations the eye of photography magazine. The work and the ensuing debates just felt too obvious, too much along the lines of what one could expect. Dday the epic of war, told by a grain of sand the seacoast of normandy churns with history. Travelling and living with ordinary people who had endured much, and survived everything, weber began to see the modern state as a primitive and bloody sacrificial rite of unnamed power.
Regular and limited editions of the interrogations book are available in the shop. As an historical event, however, it has the potential to vibrate myth. The first part of his book shows ukrainian landscapes and scenes. After a lone trip to chernobyl in 2005, donald weber soon returned to the. In this terrifyingly real photobook, canadian photojournalist donald weber takes. Donald weber photographed these scenes as police tried to get confessions from the suspects. It is a book of great photos on a disturbing subject. As soon as i plucked this one off the book stack, i was sure id be writing my intro about trump. Weber is a photographer and artist exploring the transformations of history through narrative. Set in russia and the ukraine, the book is made up of a series of portraits of people being questioned in different interrogation rooms, each as sparse as the next. It is a meditation on what these interrogation rooms, and the people who enter and leave them, represent. On an evening late 2012 i met donald for diner in amsterdam.
Interrogations is the result of his personal quest to uncover the hidden meaning of the bloody 20th century. Interrogations by donald weber 20111201 donald weber on. He is a member of vii photo agency weber s books include bastard eden, our chernobyl 2008, interrogations 2011, barricade. Webers interrogations is, in large part, a collection of startlingly blunt portraits of prisoners being interrogated. Artist research donald weber interrogations thomas. The title of donald weber s latest book, interrogations, is very appropriate. In dialogue with writer larry frolick whose own ancestors had been decimated in the final months of ww ii weber insistently and provocatively addresses his questions both to the living survivors and to the ghosts of the states.
The second part shows harrowing portraits of people who are being interrogated. Interrogations, about postsoviet authority in ukraine and russia, has gone on to much acclaim. Beginning with a prologue of neutral documentary photography in the surrounding area, weber sets the scene. After collaborating with donald on his book interrogations we regularly saw each other and always talked about the changes in documentary photography.
Interrogations is available from schilt publishing. Polygon after collaborating with donald on his book interrogations we regularly saw each other and always talked. Donald weber s interrogations is a powerful series of photographs of suspected criminals being subjected to intense interrogation in an unnamed police station somewhere in ukraine. Interrogations by donald weber tipi photo bookshop. The photos, taken last year, form the centerpiece for his new book, interrogations, being published this fall by schilt publishers. I had been aware of donald webers interrogations for quite a while. Winner of world press photo 2012, in the category portraits, stories. The euromaidan revolt with arthur bondar, 2015 and war sand. Donald weber, confessions of an invisible man, interrogations, pg. He freelanced for many publications in canada and abroad before devoting his artistic career to an epic study of how power deploys an allencompassing theatre, implicating everyone in its secret collaboration with both masters and victims.
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