Sticks, Stones & Bones
Images from Transient Landscapes
By A. E. Fournet radosti
View All Books
Category: Fine Art Photography
Tags: Annette Fournet, A. E. Fournet, Central and Eastern Europe, wabi - sabi, behind the iron curtain, vanishing landscapes, toy cameras, Diana cameras, plastic cameras, Diana camera clones, diana camera, landscapes, litost, bardo
In the early nineties I began to photograph in Eastern Europe. I was fascinated by the atmosphere of suspended time caused by the isolation of the iron curtain. I witnessed many changes taking place in the Czech Republic after the Velvet Revolution. Czech author, Milan Kundera, declares that the Czech word lítost has no exact translation in other languages. He describes lítost as, "...a feeling as infinite as an open accordion, a feeling that is the synthesis of many others: grief, sympathy, remorse, and an indefinable longing." Many changes took place in the Czech Republic after the Velvet Revolution. I witnessed a culture in transition and I found myself transformed by my experiences there. The changes effected both positive and negative results. I found myself photographing with a sense of nostalgia and regret for the things, both good and bad that would disappear under the onslaught of change
Square 7x7 inches (18x18 cm) 80 pages
Published: July 13, 2008
