Signed; Boris Mikhailov - Tea Coffee Cappuccino [VERY RARE SIGNED COPY, MINT CONDITION ] - 2011

Rarest copy signed on the title page by Boris Mikhailov (in Ukrainian: Борис Андрійович Михайлов), born in 1938; signed on the title page by Boris Andreïevitch Mikhaïlov (in Ukrainian: Борис Андрійович Михайлов (born in 1938)) and it is extremely rare to find a signed copy online. 240 pages and about 200 full-page colour photographs, text by Boris Mikhailov at the end of the book in German, English and Ukrainian. Solid hardcover binding and illustrated dust jacket. In excellent condition, practically like new.

“For Boris Mikhailov, the mutations of society are most clearly revealed in the small everyday events. If in the Soviet era the server in Ukraine simply asked 'tea or coffee?', the question today is: 'tea, coffee or cappuccino?'. In his more recent works (2000-2010), Mikhailov tackles these changes precisely and captures, as he had already done in his earlier works, daily life in his native city of Kharkiv. In this collection of more than 200 colour photographs, the West is omnipresent in the form of enormous colorful advertising posters, but the promises of the Orange Revolution that everything would improve have materialized only for a minority. The photographs and individual scenes compose a vast social fresco that teaches us more about Ukraine and its inhabitants than any specialist work.” (Source: the publisher)

Boris Mikhailov is among the most renowned photographers internationally, and he has worked actively since the Soviet era. His work is greatly influenced by conceptual art as well as by social and documentary photography. Born in Kharkiv, Ukraine, Mykhailov began his career as an engineer and is self-taught in photography. He later became a factory photographer under the USSR, but was dismissed after photographs of his naked wife were discovered. From the 1960s, he devoted himself fully to photography. Throughout his career, he has documented the unraveling of the Soviet Union, focusing on the lives of those marginalized by the evolution of social order. His body of work is widely recognized abroad—in the United States, the Netherlands and Germany and across Europe. In 1997, he received the Albert-Renger-Patzsch Prize awarded by the Dietrich-Oppenberg Foundation in Essen, Germany.
Two previous books by Boris Mikhailov have earned immense international recognition:
- Case History published in 1999 listed in Hasselblad, The Open Book, pages 376-377 and in Auer, 802 photo books from the M. + M. Auer collection, no. 746 and in Martin Parr and Gerry Badger, The Photobook A History, vol. 2, page 309.
- Am Boden / Die Dammerung published in 1996 is listed in Martin Parr and Gerry Badger, The Photobook A History, vol. 2, page 77 and in 802 photobooks from the M.+M. Auer collection, page 731.

Copy in excellent condition, practically like new. This book is from my personal collection kept with the greatest care. Protected shipping with reinforced packaging and international tracking guaranteed. In the case of multiple purchases, group shipment with refund of any overpaid postage via Paypal is possible.

1.3 kg excluding packaging