Gueorgui Pinkhassov; Sightwalk (Hardcover)

Fast emerging as an innovator and artist in photography, Gueorgui Pinkhassov was born and grew up in the Soviet Union. In 1978 he began working as a photographer for several Russian magazines, including L'artiste sovetique, and a year later his pictures were noticed during a group exhibition on Soviet photography in Paris. In 1991 Pinkhassov became a member of Magnum.

Sightwalk, Pinkhassov's first book, is more than just a book of photographs. It is also a beautiful object and an extraordinary piece of design, a modernist Japanese photo album created from Oriental fabrics and papers, bound by hand. Within, the sense of innovation and artistry is carried through in the photographs which explore how singular details, plays of light and reflections can capture a spirit and shape an atmosphere. In these images, settings no longer make clear spatial or thematic sense. Instead, just like the artist's poetic texts accompanying them, the pictures become a play on our perceptions.