Lilies

In 1999, in the psychiatric clinics of the town of Ovruch in Ukraine, Alexander Chekmenev shoots “Lilies” – the series of gripping black and white portraits. The project that has become the classics of Ukrainian photography, sets an important example of the humanistic approach to people, who don’t fit in the settled boundaries of ‘normality’.

First edition, 2020MOKSOP, moksop.org Photography and text: Alexander Chekmenev Ukrainian translation: Oleksandra Osadcha English translation: Volha Mikhnovich Endpaper: Andriy Yermolenko Retoucher: Andriy LomakinDesign: Calin Kruse / FLUUT Grafik-Design Editor: Sergiy Lebedynskyy ISBN: 978-3-947922-04-8Print run: 500 copies + 50 limited edition copies with artist print Size: 200×240 mm (two blocks, 64 and 56 pages).