Lise Sarfati (b.1958) studied Russian at the Sorbonne in Paris before taking up photography. During the 1990s she won many major photography awards for her photographs of Russia. She became an associate member of Magnum Photos in 1999. Olga Medvedkova is an art historian based in Paris. She studied History of Art in Moscow and Paris and is the co-author of several books including L'art Russe (Paris, 1991).
'Lise Sarfati's starkly lit photos of a disintergrating Russia are deceptively simple. Look a little longer and you'll see why her work ... has won every award going.' (Red)
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