Silesian Ulysses

[Rob MacKillop]

I really liked this 4-minute video of stills. Not sure if it will embed here...

[video]<iframe src="http://player.vimeo.com/video/66914562" width="500" height="367" frameborder="0" webkitAllowFullScreen mozallowfullscreen allowFullScreen></iframe> <p><a href="http://vimeo.com/66914562">Silesian Ulysses by Joanna Chudy</a> from <a href="http://vimeo.com/developphoto">DEVELOP Tube</a> on <a href="http://vimeo.com">Vimeo</a>.</p>[/video]

No?

OK, here is the link: Silesian Ulysses by Joanna Chudy on Vimeo

The blurb:

Silesian Ulysses is a photographic record of roaming the streets of contemporary Upper Silesia, mainly the slowly disappearing miners’ housing estates. As the author of the photos thinks, Silesia – with its wealth, variety and contrasts – holds images similar to those seen by James Joyce's hero wandering around Dublin. The way in which Ulysses was written has provided her with structure and inspiration to photograph Silesia.…

 

[Pete Askew]

What a wonderful find Rob, I really like these (and I can see why you do too!). Zebras?!

http://www.joannachudy.pl/

 

[Rob MacKillop]

Great website too. I love her young model - the perfect age for dressing up. A liberal sprinkling of cruciforms, sexual suppression, and dreamscapes - a heady mixture. Superb - for me it is the most interesting site I've seen yet, and I could only wish to use photography in a similar way from my own experiences and viewpoint.

All that, and zebras too!