Tag: Michal Chelbin

  • Prom Pictures of Ukrainian Teens on the Verge of an Uncertain Adulthood | The New Yorker

    Prom Pictures of Ukrainian Teens on the Verge of an Uncertain Adulthood | The New Yorker

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    Prom Pictures of Ukrainian Teens on the Verge of an Uncertain Adulthood Michal Chelbin’s photos elicit the timelessness of portraiture but also the timeliness of the political moment in Ukraine. via The New Yorker: https://www.newyorker.com/culture/photo-booth/prom-pictures-of-ukrainian-teens-on-the-verge-of-an-uncertain-adulthood The Israeli photographer Michal Chelbin has made images of Ukrainian teen-agers at two different locations during two distinct periods: first,…

  • Michal Chelbin | JENREN

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  • Portraits of Russian Prisoners ‘Locked Up in a World Devoid of Hope’

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    Link: Portraits of Russian Prisoners ‘Locked Up in a World Devoid of Hope’ | Feature Shoot Israeli born and based photographer Michal Chelbin fostered connections along the way that gained her rare access to the prisoners. Her portrait sittings sometimes lasted for hours, Chelbin never asking about the crime committed until after the portrait was…

  • Michal Chelbin Sailboats and Swans

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    Link: Michal Chelbin Sailboats and Swans | Le Journal de la Photographie Michal Chelbin’s latest body of photography, shot in seven prisons in the Ukraine and Russia over the past six years, explores what it means to be locked and constantly watched—and to be looking back at such a person in this surreal world within…

  • Photographs From Prisons in Russia and Ukraine

    Photographs From Prisons in Russia and Ukraine

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    LightBox | Time Read the latest stories about LightBox on Time via Time: http://lightbox.time.com/2012/10/01/sailboats-and-swans-the-prisons-of-russia-and-ukraine/#1 In her latest body of work,  Sailboats and Swans, Israeli photographer Michal Chelbin challenges viewers to re-imagine the answer to this question. Working with her husband and co-producer, Oded Plotnizki, Chelbin spent three years photographing prisons in Ukraine and Russia from 2008…

  • Worlds Without Smiles: Prison Portraiture by Michal Chelbin

    Worlds Without Smiles: Prison Portraiture by Michal Chelbin

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    Worlds Without Smiles: Prison Portraiture by Michal Chelbin Last month the New Yorker Photobooth ran a sneak preview of Michal Chelbin’s tentatively titled Locked series. At the time, I responded with some personal frustration that her portraits didn&… via Prison Photography: http://prisonphotography.wordpress.com/2011/09/18/worlds-without-smiles-prison-portraiture-by-michal-chelbin/ Last month the New Yorker Photobooth ran a sneak preview of Michal Chelbin‘s…