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Misha Friedman
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For his new collection of photographs, Lyudmila and Natasha, Friedman trains his lens on a gay couple living in Saint Petersburg, offering a series of intimate snapshots of their relationship as it unfolds over the course of a year.
For the past several months, through a series of photographic portraits, the photographer Misha Friedman set out to explore the unique and often strange ways people in Russia think and feel about the motherland.
Backstage in Bolshoi Theatre. Bolshoi dancers are preparing for a regular performance of romantic Coppélia
Like threads of DNA spiraling in ladder formation, Russia’s reliance on corruption for its basic functioning is both commonplace and breathtaking. Starting this project, I knew I did not want the aggressive expressions of it; I could avoid ostentatious nightclubs, would not need to listen at keyholes, nor to sniff out connections with criminals. Really, all I needed was Russia itself.
Tuberculosis is still a very deadly disease – especially in the former Soviet Union. The number of patients with very difficult to treat forms of tuberculosis is growing steadily in that part of the world. Officials from health organizations say it is an epidemic and it is not slowing down. More and more patients are found to have the non-treatable form of tuberculosis