The album of photographs by Rafał Milach depicts daily life in post-Soviet Russia and nearby nations over the past six years. 7 Rooms follows seven young people in Moscow, Yekaterinburg and Krasnoyarsk on the streets and in their homes
Each photograph is accompanied by a insightful quote from each subject on their lives and habits, tracing the evolution of a new Russian mentality as the nation moves on from the Soviet era onto the anxiety of today's Russia under Putin. "They were born in the U.S.S.R., grew up in the transition time of Perestroika, and started their adult life in Putin's Russia," Milach has stated.
Rafal Milach is a documentary photographer based in Warsaw, Poland. He graduated from the Academy of Fine Arts in Katowice, Poland and ITF in Opava, Czech Republic. His photographs have been exhibited at the MoCA Shanghai and are part of the collection of the Kiyosato Museum of Photographic Art in Japan. He has won the World Press Photo, Pictures of the Year International, Photography Book Now and New York Photo Festival Awards. In 2006 together with 10 other Central Eastern European photographers, Rafal created a photo collective Sputnik Photos to document, promote and spread knowledge on transition issues in CEE countries.
Between 24.02-01.02.2012 the Zachęta National Gallery in Warsaw hosts an exhibition of photographs from the series.
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Source: Zachęta National Gallery