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Item: To Moscow

Olga Chernysheva

2009

Photography, 8 x (75 x 111 cm).
Materials: 8 photo's, analogue on barite paper, framed

Collection: Courtesy of DIEHL Gallery, Berlin.

In the series To Moscow Chernysheva shows photographs of people performing monotonous and strenuous tasks with a dignity that is not pathetic but at times even subtly comical. The series portrays coach drivers on long-distance routes to the capital photographed trough their windscreens. Russians coming from the countryside, go “to Moscow” to take part in the cultural and political life, to have a taste of the wealthy life and be a part of this important city that Moscow is. The drivers “going to Moscow”, will only catch a glimpse of the capital, deliver their cargo, and drive back to where they came from.   

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