Lise Sarfati: ACTA Est

By Lise Sarfati

Book Overview

The award-winning first book by French photographer-artist Lise Sarfati (b.1958) is now available in paperback. Sarfati documents the human and architectural ruins of post-communist Russia: a world of decaying buildings and abandoned factories , psychiatric institutes and detention centres, all peopled with lost characters.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0714848425
• ISBN13: 9780714848426
• Release Date: December 2007
• Publisher: Phaidon Press
• Length: 104 Pages
• Weight: 1.19 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 8.0" x 12.0"
• Age Range: 13 years and up
• Grade Range: Grade 8 to Postsecondary

Customer Reviews

Visual tension from an unknown universe

Russia images made by Lise Sarfati in the 90'. Dislocated and strange space and time that should belong to an unknown universe. The ruins like broken structures depicted 'as is' via certain perspective, is really attractive. Places like contention camp and work camp for offenders, psychiatric institute, bathroom, the eyes of prisoners & transsexuals etc further increase the mysterous tension in your visual interpretation.The cover photo is a masterpiece. Imagine, the room inside Moscow psychiatric institute is shown as a performace like theatre setting.

Detention Camp for Young Male Offenders

A dark and intensely disturbing exhibition. Luminous photography, giving a fascinating representation of a vague, mysterious world. I finger through this book with fever: Sarfati gives the imagination powerful imagery, a feast of the unknown. To be enjoyed slowly and carefully. Highly recommended.