Strange Love
This is a photography book that not only redefines borders but reframes our understanding of the human experience on both sides of this deeply troubled and consequential divide. Strange Love challenges the conventional narrative of East versus West and offers a striking visual exploration of life in post-industrial America and Russia. It uncovers unexpected similarities, forcing us to question our assumptions and rethink geopolitical divides. With its deliberate sequencing—U.S., Russia, U.S., Russia—Murphy’s work disorients and engages the viewer, and it becomes easy to lose one’s bearings. Looking at the images, how often will you get the country wrong?
"There was also evidence everywhere he looked that Russian extremes – of oligarchs and poverty and authoritarian government – were taking hold in the States. That thought struck Murphy as profoundly interesting; as early evidence, perhaps, of something like a new world order.” The Observer, read more.
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