North Line
From 2012 to 2014 Fyodor Telkov and Sergey Poteryaev travelled the regions of north Russia, documenting the lives of Mansi, Selkup, Nenets and Khanty native people. The book tells a complicated story of interaction between cultures, gradual disappearance of the old ways and inevitable changes driven by global processes, vulnerability and strength of human nature.
Handmade 3-gate around the book cover and the snowy horizon image reflects the feeling of the endless landscape, an open swiss binding in red thread signifies the vulnerability and at the same time strength of the old ways and traditions and human nature. The photographers work in this project boarders art and documentary, showing a significant historical ‘moment’ in life in this region. An additional Laporello information booklet in the back cover pocket contains captions, maps and legend to the book bringing this ‘anthropological’ aspect into the visual narrative.
Publisher: Snowfox Works, Slovenia 2022
