Come Bury Me
Andrej Krementschouk
Kehrer Verlag
English
Text by Andrej Krementschouk.
Hardback
104 pages
300 x 215 mm
2010
ISBN 9783868281200
On the heels of his prizewinning book No Direction Home (a 2010 German Photo Book Award winner), photographer Andrej Krementschouk (b. 1973, Gorky) once again tells in his new book a moving story about homeland and homelessness, roots and identity. The setting is a dilapidated old cottage in the centre of a small Russian town, where a group of orphanage-raised homeless people have made a home for themselves on the fringes of society. When Krementschouk chanced upon this group in 2006, they invited him inside and he made some touching observations, capturing despair and addiction on the one hand, but also warmth and tenderness. Come Bury Me with these words one of the women bid farewell to Krementschouk when he promised to come back to visit the following year. Upon his return in winter 2008, he found nothing but a burned-out shell and learned from the group’s sole survivor that the house and its inhabitants had fallen victim to arson. A new building is now going up on the site. This book is dedicated to the memory of the people who once made their home there.
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About the Artist
Andrej Krementschouk was born in 1973 in Gorky, Russia. After 8th grade he left school and completed an apprenticeship as a restorer of icons and metal objets d’art at the School of Art and Restoration in Suzdal. From 1991 to 1995 he studied at Vladimir Conservatory, in the Faculty of Musical Ethnology, obtaining a diploma degree as chorus director. From 1991 to 1997 he worked as a freelance jeweller and restorer of icons. After pursuing a degree in Slavic Studies and Art Education he started a career as a photographer. He lives and works in Leipzig.
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About the Publisher
Founded in 1995, Kehrer Verlag Heidelberg Berlin specialises in books in the fields of photography, fine arts, and culture. Working together closely with international artists, authors, museums and cultural institutions, Kehrer Verlag creates its publications in alliance with Kehrer Design.
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