The photographs in this book were taken in June, July, August, and November 2009 during a residency sponsored by the National Centre for Contemporary Arts (NCCA) in Yekaterinburg in the Russian Urals
Alan Gignoux would like to thank the NCCA for the opportunity to spend so much time in the remarkable Ural region, and for their support.
Alan would also like to thank his Russian-speaking guides in the southern Urals and the Russian Arctic.
Front cover and titles designed by graphic artist Anthony Burrill using a Russian woodblock typeface supplied by Partisan Press, a Moscow based letterpress studio.
For more about the work we do: www.gignouxphotos.com
Thank you
Dr Alison Bracker
Editor
Jenny Christensson
Researcher and Writer
Photo Editing and Book Design
Sander Feldman
Alan Gignoux
Photography
Chloe Juno
Creative Consultant
Photo Editing and Book Design
Chris Kemble
Animations
Website Creative Design
Alex Salter
Website Design and Implementation
Emily Macaulay at Stanley James Press
Book Design, Design of Patterns and Montage
Richard Wills at Photofusion
Image Prep
Printing by One Digital
Brighton, Uk
Screen Printing by
Another Fine Mesh
Lewes, Uk
Printed on:
GFSmith Colorplan Ebony
Clairefontaine Trophée Black
Revive Uncoated 100% recycled
Hand bound by Stanley James Press