About The Work
This double-plate photograph depicts the ruins of a bridge that once ran along the Siberian railroad, part of a body of work inspired by the work of Russian poet Joseph Brodsky, who spent seven years in a Siberian labor camp before defecting to the United States in 1972. Partially submerged in the snow, the dilapidated construction of wood and metal shown in the image marks the site of a mass grave interring prisoners who died during the railroad's construction. The title of the photograph refers to the estimated number of people buried in the grave. Almond was a voracious railroad enthusiast in his teenage years; here, the railroad becomes a subject of eerie beauty and unimaginable horror.
About Darren Almond
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Photograph
Two silver gelatin prints.
40.00 x 30.00 in
101.6 x 76.2 cm
About The Work
This double-plate photograph depicts the ruins of a bridge that once ran along the Siberian railroad, part of a body of work inspired by the work of Russian poet Joseph Brodsky, who spent seven years in a Siberian labor camp before defecting to the United States in 1972. Partially submerged in the snow, the dilapidated construction of wood and metal shown in the image marks the site of a mass grave interring prisoners who died during the railroad's construction. The title of the photograph refers to the estimated number of people buried in the grave. Almond was a voracious railroad enthusiast in his teenage years; here, the railroad becomes a subject of eerie beauty and unimaginable horror.
About Darren Almond
From The Magazine
- The quoted dimensions for this work are for the paper size for each individual print. The actual image size is 38" x 28" for each print.
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