Sixty years ago today, on September 26th, 1941, nearly a million Soviet troops lost the First Battle of Kiev to the combined German Army Group South and Army Group Center. They outnumbered the Germans nearly two to one, but Soviet defense tactics were still extremely primitive and no match against German armor.
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A subjective guide of travel to Simeiz, Ukraine. Continue reading “Simeiz, Crimea – Ukraine”
A feature in The Serial Optimist for Igrushka. Igrushka is my series on Chernobyl that combines images of toys from the city of Pripyat with testimony from people who were children at the time of the accident.
I do most of my printing, but occasionally need to outsource it. In Mexico I’ve used LMI, and although quite competent and with excellent service, I’ve always felt something was missing from the quality of the final print. It’s a subtle feeling that the final print is more “commercial” than “art”. Perhaps it’s just my prejudice, again, I have nothing against LMI, quite the contrary, but I am looking for alternative suppliers to test with.
Katya Gardea, a visual artist who divides her time between Berlin and Mexico City came across another lab and we are both going to test with them. The lab is Carbon4. I’ll let you know how it goes.
