Calamity Islands
Sakhalin forced-labour colony in 1890–1895 photographs Originally, Anton Chekhov planned the first…
My Photo Books
Independent documentary photography rarely survives in today’s media environment. Publishing books is not a commercial strategy — it is a necessity.
Why and How Anton Chekhov went to Sakhalin
For the book by Oleg Klimov Calamity Islands In spring 1890, Anton…
Chekhov’s Sakhalin
Sakhalin lies out in the middle of the sea. For a long…
THE OUTCASTS
Life Inside Russia’s Closed Institutions I spent a total of three months…