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Show ay =| _ FEBRUARY/MARCH 2007 ACES of PERM By Michael Brohm Artist in his studio During Soviet times the-top floor apartment was built with large north-facing windows. This atelier was made available to an artist. Those prized north light spaces are still used by artists today. Military officer at banya He was a former officer in the Russian air force. After preparing a thick stew from the fish he had cleaned and gutted, his evening was spent in the banya, making many vodka toasts to the fatherland, to hero pilots, to his mother. Stripper in White Since the collapse of the Soviet Union in 1991, cities have become flush with rubles and “gentleman’s clubs” have appeared. This club -is called The Pothole. The dancer was nude when I arrived and Young musician MTV is on the TV every morning in the flat where I’m staying, a bland, towering Khrushchev- through an interpreter I asked if she had any clothes she Madonna wails from the could wear for the radio as I’m driven to photograph. Perm State University to photograph. era concrete structure. To see all of Michael Brohm’s portraits of “Yesterday’s Enemies,” visit his web site: www.michaelbrohm.com |
