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If you ever feel sorry for yourself because you had Ramen for dinner, look at this genius book of photos about what happened to Russia after it shit its own skeleton out. The book is called Look at Me, I Look at Water, it’s published by Steidl, and your life is a fucking tea party in comparison. Photo AND BOOK by Boris Mikhailov

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Subject: -
Date: Aug 29 2004 02:05:53 PM
Author: -

just like my back yard!

Subject: my feet
Date: Aug 04 2004 07:44:03 PM
Author: dc

And I want to throw my shoes away after they touch scank bathroom floor.

Subject: i know this scene
Date: Jul 29 2004 10:21:44 PM
Author: who is that?

its just another family reunion in the drrrty south.

Subject: gross
Date: Jul 29 2004 01:15:19 PM
Author: krubio

is this guy about to take a shit wait did he already shit did all those condoms come out of his ass.

Subject: http://www.artbook.com/3882439688.html
Date: Jul 16 2004 09:22:56 PM
Author: balzan cox

yeah, well what the fuck ever. those sandals? are way rad

Subject: http://www.artbook.com/3882439688.html
Date: Jul 16 2004 12:33:34 PM
Author: strong

Rarely has anyone photographed reality in such an unprettified way as Boris Mikhailov. He captures the unadorned and the natural; in pictures devoid of aesthetic exhaltation, he concentrates on people and their living conditions. On his journeys through Russia, Germany, and his Ukrainian homeland, Mikhailov has equally observed the poor, the well-to-do, the outcasts, and the homeless. ~Look at Me, I Look at Water was composed in 1999 at the suggestion of the Heiner Müller-Society when Boris Mikhailov's name was found in one of Heiner Müller's notebooks. With this book Mikhailov is continuing, thematically and conceptionally, what he began with his artist's book Unfinished Dissertation in 1985. The photographs are accompanied by handwritten Russian commentaries, which together give the impression of a private album which narrates stories from a chapter in the artist's life.

Subject: .
Date: Jul 16 2004 05:51:46 AM
Author: Toe Knee

I haven't seen a sight like this since that morning in Tijuana.

Subject: safe sex
Date: Jul 14 2004 08:34:02 PM
Author: jceez

hey at least they practice safe sex!

Subject: Yep
Date: Jul 14 2004 03:34:59 PM
Author: Brad

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Subject: racism
Date: Jul 14 2004 02:00:02 PM
Author: social worker

welcome to canada

Subject: joke
Date: Jul 14 2004 11:21:05 AM
Author: whitee

What do a Russian prostitute and a racecar have in common, they both can burn up to thirty rubbers in an hour!! I'm sorry.

Subject: wiggity wiggity whack
Date: Jul 14 2004 11:06:56 AM
Author: el transvestista

i get it

Subject: umm...
Date: Jul 13 2004 07:09:51 PM
Author: boris

no. it was taken at the bread lines!

Subject: wtf
Date: Jul 13 2004 01:20:32 PM
Author: nicole

where is this taken at?the russian fucking grounds?