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Streets of Crocodiles: Photography, Media, and Postsocialist Landscapes in Poland

By Katarzyna Marciniak , Kamil Turowski

Book information

Publisher
Intellect Ltd
Year
2011
ISBN
1841503657, 9781841503653
Language
english
Format
PDF
Filesize
16 MB (16350931 bytes)
Pages
144\178
Time added
2014-12-27 11:30:01

Description

This powerful presentation of photographs of Poland from the late 1980s to the present depicts the hybridized landscape of this pivotal Eastern European nation following its entry into the European Union. A visual record of the country's transition from socialism to capitalism, it focuses on the industrial blue-collar city of Lodz—located in the heart of New Europe and home to nearly one million people. Photographer Kamil Turowski's monotones are captivating—seeming to conceal a looming threat—while Katarzyna Marciniak's accompanying text expands on the photos and the "crocodilian" texture of contemporary Eastern Europe. A walk on the wild side, Streets of Crocodiles captures viscerally the changing landscape of postsocialist Poland.

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