Sabin Bors has written a superb article about my Expectations project, which absolutely hits the nail on the head and gives a lot of thoughtful observations:-
https://anti-utopias.com/editorial/simon-crofts-expectations/
Bird in Flight article (in English)
The article "Ukraine: The Disappointed Expectations of Simon Crofts" is now in the English language version of Bird in Flight here:
Expectations in Calvert Journal's choice of books from the 'new East'
Article here:
Expectations on Bird in Flight magazine (in Russian)
There's a nice article about my Expectations project with a good selection of images in Bird in Flight - in Russian. You can access it over here.
Photo Speaks 2016 exhibition - Seoul, South Korea
Expectations was included in a group exhibition, Photo Speaks 2016, in Seoul. They chose my image of a frozen River Dnepr "That is why we won in 1945" (which is what the swimmer in the picture shouted to me when he saw me taking the picture). Here's a picture from the rather beautiful catalogue:
Presenting my book with a short talk at the Fruitmarket Gallery, Edinburgh - Bookmarket
This Saturday and Sunday I'll have a presentation stand for Expectations at the Fruitmarket's Bookmarket, come along if you're in Edinburgh!
As part of the same event, on Saturday at 11.45am I'll be doing a short talk about Expectations at the bookmarket. Looking forward to seeing you there!
Interview, Another Place magazine
http://anotherplacemag.tumblr.com/post/136674163477/in-conversation-with-simon-crofts
Interview on Colta Ru (in Russian)
The Calvert Journal (second) article
Interview in Professional Photography magazine
The article is written by photographer Lottie Davies in her engaging style:
Expectations at Paris Photo
You can see Expectations book on Kehrer Verlag's stand in the Grand Palais:
Interview/article on Nathan Pendlebury blog
Article in Die Zeit
An article with a full gallery of 13 images from Expectations in Die Zeit online here
Interview in The Telegraph
Kehrer Verlag's catalogue
Like the first swallow of spring, there is Expectations in Kehrer's current catalogue! Great to see it alongside the work of some of my favourite photographers - one of Martin Usborne's beautiful dog pictures on the catalogue cover.
It's about two months now until Expectations-the-book comes out.
In the Guardian's list of 25 foreign photographers in the former Soviet Union
Selection of 25 foreign photographers who have projects about the former Soviet Union (click image below)
Expectations Kunsthal exhibition featured in The Calvert Journal
Pictures from Expectations exhibition at the Kunsthal, Rotterdam
A selection of prints from Expectations is being shown at the Kunsthal in Rotterdam, beautifully curated by Charlotte van Lingen. We visited just before Christmas. It was a revelation for me to see the images printed big in excellent quality (thank you to Arjan at Fotovaklaboratorium de Verbeelding), quite a different experience from seeing small low resolution images on the internet.
I also went back the day after and took a few pictures of the outside of the Kunsthal - it was a windy Monday so the gallery and the other museums around Museum Park were closed and quiet and the park deserted, but it gives an idea of the building, which is an iconic design by Rem Koolhaas, which has just reopened after a year or so's renovation.
Exhibition at the Kunsthal, Rotterdam
An exhibition of a curated selection of my work from Expectations in Ukraine, Russia and Belarus is opening on 20th December 2014 at the Kunsthal, Rotterdam. The exhibition runs until 22nd February 2015. I hope to see you there!
Article in The Calvert Journal
In the Land of Endless Expectations has been featured on the excellent Calvert Journal. Here!:-
http://calvertjournal.com/slideshows/show/2463/photography-simon-crofts-russia-land-of-endless-expectations
