The snow and the dark atmosphere in these images bears some resemblance to Luc Delahaye’s book Winterreise – if music could accompany Iwanowski’s photographs, it would be written in a despairing D minor. Robin Titchener, Photobookstore Magazine What kept them alive was their longing to return to their family back in Poland.Ĭlear of People stands out as a both a beautiful example of the art of landscape photography, and a fitting salute to the endurance of the human spirit.
The two men stayed clear of people, trying to avoid any possibly risky contact. Their daring escape from the camp was followed by a three‑month trek with constant hunger and exhaustion. It begins in Russia, where Michal’s grandfather was kept as a prisoner‑of‑war together with his brother.
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This visual journey comes from the photographer’s personal archive as the project re‑enacts the map drawn by and inherited from his uncle. Michal Iwanowski’s photobook Clear of People documents a 2,200km solitary journey that echoes his grandfather’s daring escape from soviet captivity in 1945. The images and the content of the book bring to mind the opening titles of the Coen brothers 2008 film Burn After Reading. Shadows of the State is not just about numbers stations and their broadcast sites it’s about the state within a state, a Leviathan that hides in the deep waters. These sites are then mapped using high resolution satellite imagery and displayed alongside radio spectrograms, audio recordings, and extensive information about each station. Shadows of the State is a photographic project by Lewis Bush which investigates these mysterious broadcasts and attempts to locate the likely transmitter sites of thirty of these stations. Despite originating in the darkest days of the last century these transmissions continue today, with broadcasts occurring daily from countries including Russia, Cuba, and North Korea. One example of this are numbers stations, short wave radio broadcasts of coded messages, believed to be intended for undercover agents in enemy states. The Cold War ended in 1991, but echoes of it can still be heard today.
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