Another Family

Another Family
Author: Irina Popova
Publisher: Schilt Publishing
Language: English
Pages: 200
Size: 17.5 x 23.2
Weight: 735 g
Binding: Hardcover
ISBN: 9789053307793
Price: €59.00
Product Description

This fascinating book tells the story of Irina Popova’s stay with a
family of drug-users in St. Petersburg, Russia. The photo story –
focusing on a small child living in shocking family circumstances –
has provoked an explosion of criticism on the Internet, directed
towards the parents as well as at the photographer.
The book reveals the documentary evidence during the development
of the story, including the previously unpublished photos from the
archives of the photographer herself and the characters,
the web pages of blogs with comments, the private letters and the
diaries. It attempts to analyze
the consequences of the photographer’s actions and the degree of
responsibility of the photographer. The multivocal storytelling in the
book forms the screenplay for a real-life drama.
This is the first time this frequently discussed topic of the supposed
responsibility of documentary photographers has been analyzed so
consistently and comprehensively in book form. This book is therefore
more than simply a documentary photo book depicting the deplorable
situation of a drug-addict family – it is an essential document dealing
with the question all documentary photographers may be confronted
with at some time in their careers: can I continue working or should I
stop and try to help solve the problem I am witness to?