SIGNED: The book-album "Winterreise. Sentimental Suite" includes two essays about wintertime St. Petersburg: photographs by Dmitry Sirotkin and reflections by art historian and writer Arkady Ippolitov. Photos: Dmitry Sirotkin. Author: Arkady Viktorovich Ippolitov Publisher: Arka, 2019 first edition, signed by Dmitry Sirotkin, hardcover with dust jacket, Russian language, 104 pages. Condition is like new, see photo's. In a tight synthesis with the music from Schubert's song cycle "Winterreise," St. Petersburg-based Dmitry Sirotkin's photobook of the same name has been published. The black-and-white album isn't simply inspired by the "beautiful and austere" German title—the images themselves are visually subtle, masterful sketches of scales, rhythms, and notes. The desolate, snowy landscapes are a harsh, timeless romanticism, a personal experiment for the author. The cover, whose geometry literally echoes the stave, offers a synesthetic stroll. You accept it without thinking, the black and white sounds of St. Petersburg are mesmerizing, immersing you in the rustle of either snow or the pages of Dostoevsky's drafts, a complex melancholy with shades of mixed feelings that are difficult to describe.