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Installation Shots From: Gaiety Is the Most Outstanding Feature of the Soviet Union
Installation Shots From: Gaiety Is the Most Outstanding Feature of the Soviet Union
Installation Shots From: Gaiety Is the Most Outstanding Feature of the Soviet Union
Installation Shots From: Gaiety Is the Most Outstanding Feature of the Soviet Union
Installation Shots From: Gaiety Is the Most Outstanding Feature of the Soviet Union

Tar

Year Created:	2012
Medium:	Silver gelatin print
Image Dimensions:	16 x 20"

Description:	This was taken in a former mine in the town of my birth, Ostrava. What caught my eye was the dried out black substance that seemed to spill from the depths of the mining shaft. Later, when I was editing the photographs I found out how similar it is to one of my photographs of a woman with extremely long hair (it can be seen in one of the installation shots). Both of the photographs share formal qualities but they also seem to have a similar, rather dark, atmosphere.